When Stars Blow Out A Fable of Fame in Our Time

When Stars Blow Out spins a brisk fable of fame in our time. Chloe Pitt, the imperious editor-in-chief of the sizzling glossy Pilgrim's Progress, has a grim job for her new star reporter Austin Baer. Off he jets to the Riviera to profile another writer: the aged Gregory McClintock, half a century ago the devoted observer of actors, dancers, musicians, and artists who now live in legend. With his forgotten essays about to appear as a book, the reclusive old-timer stands to break out as something of a legend in his own right. Baer arrives with plenty of attitude, and McClintock receives him with justifiable suspicion. Their fencing soon escalates into an all-out clash of cultures, lit up with unexpected flashes of mutual illumination as the past starts bleeding magically into the present. Advance Praise for When Stars Blow Out:;A bejeweled dandy of a novel.- John Guare, award-winning playwright of The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation "A charming book."; Manuela Hoelterhoff, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Cinderella & Company "It made me laugh and cry for all the right reasons." - Beverly Sills, chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts "I loved this book" - Broadway legend Barbara Cook "Like the artists he observes so often...Matthew Gurewitsch shows that he, too, can paint vivid portraits." - Philippe de Montebello "Bravo!" - Joan Acocella, staff writer at The New Yorker "A compellingly enjoyable read...very moving." - Mark Lamos, directorMatthew, Gurewitsch is the author of 'When Stars Blow Out A Fable of Fame in Our Time', published 2001 under ISBN 9780595192533 and ISBN 059519253X.