N Y / L A

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:N Y / L AISBN13:9781420879674ISBN10:1420879677Author:Kronick, William (Author)Description: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 Managerpartner, 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, Flyi Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:AUTHORHOUSEPublication Date:2006-03-16Weight:1.02 lbsDimensions:0.71'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:316Language:English

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