Summary of The Fury by Alex Michaelides

By Justin Reese

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Summary of The Fury by Alex Michaelides

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Lana Farrar, a famous ex-movie star, invites her friends to spend Easter on her private Greek island. The island is cut off by the wind, and a murder occurs. The friends, hiding their hatred and revenge, find themselves trapped overnight. The story is a masterful thriller, with twists and turns leading to an unforgettable climax when one of the friends is found murdered. The protagonist, Elliot Chase, shares a unique story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: jUSTIN REESE
• Release date: Jan 27, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224397006

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Prologue

The author, a writer, advises readers not to start a book with the weather, as it is boring and people usually skip descriptive paragraphs. Instead, they focus on the wind, a wild, unpredictable Greek wind that drives them mad. The night of the murder, the wind was fierce and furious, crashing through trees and tearing along pathways. Leo, a stoned man, heard gunshots and felt nauseous and throwing up. The wind hurled three gunshots at him, and Leo fought his way towards the ruin.

A body lay in a pool of blood, surrounded by ruined marble columns. The author and others stood still, silent, in the horrifying moment, like the climactic scene in a Greek tragedy.

ACT I

1

The story is a true love story about the end of love and the death of love. The narrator, a reclusive ex-movie star, is trapped on a private Greek island, with one of the seven being a murderer. The story is not a whodunit, but a whydunit, a character study, and an examination of who we are and why we do the things we do. The narrator tries to reconstruct the events of the murder and everything that led up to it, relying on conversations and notes taken before and after the murder. The account is based on the narrator's notebooks, which are plain black Moleskines.

The narrator emphasizes that any misinformation is by accident, not design, as they are clumsily skewing the events from their own point of view. The story is for anyone who has ever loved and asks for polite listening. The narrator requests the audience to listen politely and waits for their cue before meeting the suspects, starting with the star and Lana. The story is a true love story, and the narrator hopes to engage the audience in a conversation about the end of love and the death of love.

2

Lana Farrar, a renowned movie star, became a star at the age of nineteen, discovered by Oscar-winning Hollywood producer Otto Krantz. Despite retiring a decade before the story begins, Lana's fame endured, earning her the place i' the story. Her flawless face, luminous beauty, and famous smile made her a captivating presence. Lana made numerous movies during her youth, but her first tragedy, Ophelia in a modern-day adaptation of Hamlet, earned her her first Oscar nomination. From then on, she excelled as every doomed romantic heroine, rarely getting the guy and rarely making it out alive.

Lana made an enormous amount of money for Paramount, and when she announced her retirement at the age of forty, it was a shock within the industry. Lana offered no explanation for her decision to quit and never spoke about it publicly. However, she shared her story with the author, who was living with Barbara West in London and Lana in Los Angeles.

Lana Farrar, a Californian actress, moved to London with her son Leo after his death and retired from Hollywood. She bought a massive house in Mayfair, six stories high, as a temporary experiment in a new lifestyle. However, Lana felt lost and undefined, unable to define herself or her future.

Lana struggled with this discrepancy between her public and private selves, especially when she first left Hollywood and moved to London. However, fate intervened when she fell in love with a slightly younger, handsome businessman named Jason Miller. They married and London became Lana's permanent home.

Lana enjoyed walking around the city, but developed an unhealthy preoccupation with the weather, which became synonymous with the city. This year was particularly gloomy, and Lana felt anxious and uneasy. She decided to work it out and consider a change of scene, such as going to Greece for a few days. She invited Kate and Elliot, and Lana smiled at the promise of sunlight and blue skies.

As Lana made her way home, she realized that something was bothering her and that she needed to work it out. She decided to call Kate and Elliot straightaway, as the promise of sunshine and blue skies would brighten her mood.

3

Kate Crosby, a British theater actor, was struggling with her lines during a rehearsal for a production of Agamemnon at the Old Vic. The director, Gordon, asked Kate to learn the lines, which Kate refused. Despite her immense talent, Kate was chaotic, messy, temperamental, tardy, and often belligerent. She was also brilliant, charismatic, funny, and possessing an unerring instinct for truth.

Kate was in her late forties and had a refined BBC accent. She was deliberately provocative and had a famous story about meeting King Charles when he was still Prince of Wales. She was larger-than-life, with a restless energy, and drank and smoked constantly.

Lana and Kate were considered opposites, but their friendship was the earliest, longest, and saddest of all. The reason for this friendship is likely youth, as the friends we make when young are rarely the kind of people we seek out later in life. They met on