N.Y. / L.A.AuthorHouse, 30 бер. 2006 р. - 316 стор. The colorful, morally complex life of Matthew Fleming, an actor of rare talent, from an impoverished but work-filled decade in Off-Broadway theaters through his 'overnight' success on Broadway - then on to international acclaim as a charismatic movie star - is the 'stuff of this gripping novel.Matt is haunted by the belief his leap from obscurity to fame wasn't due to his gift alone but also to the death of a wealthy lover, Andrea Whittaker. He is convinced her drowning, considered accidental, was, in fact, a murder and that he knows the perpetrator. Yet for reasons he's long repressed, he never sought justice for the killer.A lesser anguish gnawing at Matt Fleming's emotional core is his need to express himself on stage before live audiences. To make the break from his domineering manager/partner, David Whittaker -Andrea's widowed husband - who insists he stick with movies, and Laura Fleming, his glamor-struck wife who would never leave Malibu with Harry, their young son, to return to gritty N. Y., he jumps at an offer to make an 'art' film in England. He hopes it will provide the distance he needs in order to decide how he can rid himself of real and imagined demons...The narrative begins and ends in the winter of 2000. A youthful forty, Matt is playing Prince Hal in director Kenneth Branagh's version of Shakespeare's Henry IV. A role he's always aspired to, his London experience is further buoyed by a serious, surreptitious love affair with Beth Winters, the Lady Percy of the film. But he dare not make her privy to the dilemmas which by now are causing him to have terrifying nightmares.Re-enter Charley Sutter. A retired New York Homicide detective turned insurance investigator, he first met Matt ten years before when assessing whether Andrea's death possibly could have been a suicide. Despite their brief encounters since Matt moved to L. A., a strong father-son bond developed between the two men.It is to Sutter he finally confesses his weighty secret, flying to New York for an intense weekend with him. At first shocked by Marts charge of murder and who he intuitively believes to be the killer, bit-by-bit the sage cop buys into the actors far-fetched notion, while remarking the odds are against ever proving the case. Sutter then raises a more daunting question: if Matt pursues his accusation and even succeeds in what must be a major public trial, wont his long, inexcusable silence mean the end of his storied career? Matts love of his art, Beth and Harry are all at stake if he permits his conscience to dictate his next step. What judgement will prevail to take him into the third act of this compelling drama...? |
З цієї книги
Результати 1-5 із 43
Сторінка 3
... couldn't resist speaking the lines. Matt didn't blame him. He knew the hyper actor cum director cum producer would give half or more of whatever he was earning for this ball-busting work to play Hal himself. For bloody chrissake, he'd ...
... couldn't resist speaking the lines. Matt didn't blame him. He knew the hyper actor cum director cum producer would give half or more of whatever he was earning for this ball-busting work to play Hal himself. For bloody chrissake, he'd ...
Сторінка 5
... couldn't join them, but Matt was glad. Among a number of her unappealing qualities to emerge as his fame rocketed these past halfdozen years was the 'celebrity-fucking' syndrome, which with her took the form of a devious sycophancy—as ...
... couldn't join them, but Matt was glad. Among a number of her unappealing qualities to emerge as his fame rocketed these past halfdozen years was the 'celebrity-fucking' syndrome, which with her took the form of a devious sycophancy—as ...
Сторінка 8
... couldn't expect to pull the strings without meeting resistance, as had been the case since they'd first joined forces to elevate the state of the American theater, when talk was both lofty and cheap. And before Matt understood he'd made ...
... couldn't expect to pull the strings without meeting resistance, as had been the case since they'd first joined forces to elevate the state of the American theater, when talk was both lofty and cheap. And before Matt understood he'd made ...
Сторінка 9
... couldn't resist gibing: “Then you agree with me the Academy Awards should create a new category—'Best Performance by an Actor Emoting to a Cell Phone'. That's all we seem to do half the time, isn't it?!” Along with Ken, the old-timers ...
... couldn't resist gibing: “Then you agree with me the Academy Awards should create a new category—'Best Performance by an Actor Emoting to a Cell Phone'. That's all we seem to do half the time, isn't it?!” Along with Ken, the old-timers ...
Сторінка 16
... couldn't have known the actor had it in for David, but he shouldn't have offered his own evaluation in the first place. He'd let himself believe Matt, dropping his perfect English accent to address him in an American one, was, in fact ...
... couldn't have known the actor had it in for David, but he shouldn't have offered his own evaluation in the first place. He'd let himself believe Matt, dropping his perfect English accent to address him in an American one, was, in fact ...
Інші видання - Показати все
Загальні терміни та фрази
able actor ANDY asked audience become believe Beth better camera Charley close course DAVID deal didn’t director don’t door drink eyes face feel felt finally Fleming give going hand Harry he’d head hear hell hold hope I’ve it’s Jack keep kind kiss knew later laugh LAURA least leave light living look Matt Matt’s mean meet mind minutes move movie never night nods once passed performance person play producer question ready reason remember scene script seemed seen side smile stage star sure Sutter talent talking tell Thanks theater thing thought told took turned waiting week Whittaker wife woman writer York you’re young