The Blue Star

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The Blue Star Two heroes reflective Peter and Byronic Chase indulge their youthful appetites in Florence Over the next years their paths diverge and reconverge Chase marries into the Italian aristocracy and Pe

Two heroes, reflective Peter and Byronic Chase, indulge their youthful appetites in Florence Over the next 20 years their paths diverge and reconverge Chase marries into the Italian aristocracy and Peter pursues his passion for Lorenzo, a beautiful young Florentine The past impinges on the present as the story of Chase s ancestor, Orvil Starkweather, is revealed theTwo heroes, reflective Peter and Byronic Chase, indulge their youthful appetites in Florence Over the next 20 years their paths diverge and reconverge Chase marries into the Italian aristocracy and Peter pursues his passion for Lorenzo, a beautiful young Florentine The past impinges on the present as the story of Chase s ancestor, Orvil Starkweather, is revealed the secrets of his life sounding a counterpoint to Chase s New York City s Central Park and the imposing figure of designer Frederick Law Olmsted provide a mysterious connection to Chase s life The story of the two men unfolds in Florence and New York exposing the unimagined and startling connection with the past, and taking them finally on a fateful cruise up the Nile aboard the luxury yacht, The Blue Star.

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The Blue Star

  1. Attended Rutgers University and received a Master s Degree from the University of Iowa Founder of the The Violet Quill literary group with his parter Michael Grumley.Died of AIDS in 1988 a few months after his partner, Michael Grumley.

563 Reply to “The Blue Star”

  1. An odd yet intriguing book Initially, it s a rather romantic look at chic gay life at the end of the disco and cocaine era, with that slightly melancholy Fitzgeraldian note And then, suddenly, you re in the midst of an Umberto Eco story a well researched, well crafted almost conspiracy tale about Frederick Law Olmstead, the Freemasons, and the building of Central Park Surprising, unexpected, and oddly delightful Worth finding.

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  2. This is an interesting story that begins with the meeting of two young Americans at a pensione in Florence Chase, handsome and stylish and happy with his sexuality, and Peter the narrator who is just coming to terms with his, set out on clandestine late night meetings, and from there the tale develops imaginatively to the present and a private cruise on a luxury yacht The story is very well told, although I found the diversions into the history of Central Park, while relevant to the plot, somewh [...]

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  3. There was a time in my life where I was fortunate to have had the chance to read a lot of gay press novels cheaply, and The Blue Star is one of the few that I vividly recall The story stands out in my mind as incredibly successful use of a binary plot The Italian scenes are believable and a perfect foil for what is to come Through inheritance, Ferro s novel draws the obvious line from the gay nightlife of the time into the heart of an ostensibly conservative American life and raises a host of me [...]

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  4. I kept thinking that the two plot threads would connect In the end it was only a metaphoric connection, which felt a bit let down by It was very well written and I loved each paragraph, but it didn t seen to have a sufficient structure to create sufficient emotional resonance.

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  6. A better novel perhaps than The Family of Max Desir certainly different in its fancifulness My kind of book happy ending with a touch of ennui Ferro died in 1988.

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