Set amidst the noir glamour of Hollywood's Golden Age, Big Red reenvisions the life of one of America's most enduring icons: Rita Hayworth, whose fiery red hair and hypnotic dancing helped make her the quintessential movie star of the 1940s. With narrator Rusty Redburn - a feisty second-string gossip columnist tasked with spying on Hayworth - as our guide, we follow the meteoric rise and heartrending demise of the actress. A novel starring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles.