Star Witness
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- Synopsis
- Attorney Joseph Antonelli tackles a case overflowing with greed and glamour, in a scintillating new thriller in the Edgar Award-nominated series. The novels of D. V. Buffa have been lauded for their "resonance that continues to play on the reader's mind" (The New York Times) and their "great intelligence and erudition" (San Jose Mercury News). But none has prepared us for the unique brilliance of this latest novel, a haunting tale of near-Fitzgeraldian eloquence, set amid the vaulting ambition and passion of Hollywood. Star Witness is about a man on trial for murder--a man recognized as one of the film industry's most successful writer-directors, a man of mythic drive and talent, and someone who looks more guilty with every passing witness. Attorney Joseph Antonelli--suave, philosophical, fearless, and cagey--takes up the director's defense for the murder of an equally famous young woman. Then the defendant shows Antonelli the script he has been working on for years, a script he considers his masterpiece: the story of a man's rags-to-riches climb to the top that recalls Orson Welles's Citizen Kane', and that includes a visionary film director as its hero. In this fascinating story-within-a-story, the accused reveals his version of the tragedy, the secrets of his relationship with the deceased, and the ominous events that led to her death. In it we see how art can imitate life-and unmask a killer even the court can't find. This is a novel about the nature of the confusing intersection of truth and fantasy dreams and desires, Star Witness is a rich tale of Hollywood, unlike any you've read in many years.
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 390 Pages
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 12/05/08
- Copyrighted By:
- D. W. Buffa
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Jim Pardee
- Proofread By:
- book lover
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.