Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne

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ISBN 13 : 9780299311544
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (115 download)

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Book Synopsis Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne by : Robert Hofler

Download or read book Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne written by Robert Hofler and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominick Dunne seemed to live his entire adult life in the public eye, but in this biography Robert Hofler reveals a conflicted, enigmatic man who reinvented himself again and again. As a television and film producer in the 1950s-1970s, hobnobbing with Humphrey Bogart and Natalie Wood, he found success and crushing failure in a pitiless Hollywood. As a Vanity Fair journalist covering the lives of the rich and powerful, he mesmerized readers with his detailed coverage of spectacular murder cases-O.J. Simpson, the Menendez brothers, Michael Skakel, Phil Spector, and Claus von B low. He had his own television show, Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justic. His five best-selling novels, including The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, People Like Us, and An Inconvenient Woman, were inspired by real lives and scandals. The brother of John Gregory Dunne and brother-in-law of Joan Didion, he was a friend and confidante of many literary luminaries. Dunne also had the ear of some of the world's most famous women, among them Princess Diana, Nancy Reagan, Liz Smith, Barbara Walters, and Elizabeth Taylor. Dunne admitted to inventing himself, and it was that public persona he wrote about in his own memoir, The Way We Lived Then. Left out of that account, but brought to light here, were his intense rivalry with his brother John Gregory, the gay affairs and relationships he had throughout his marriage and beyond, and his fights with editors at Vanity Fair. Robert Hofler also reveals the painful rift in the family after the murder of Dominick's daughter, Dominique-compounded by his coverage of her killer's trial, which launched his career as a reporter.

Fatal Charms

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Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307815021
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Fatal Charms written by Dominick Dunne and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-11-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominick Dunne has met them all--stars and slugs, criminals and victims, the innocent and the hideously guilty. From posh Park Avenue duplexes to the extravagant mansions of Beverly Hills, from tasteful London town houses to the wild excesses of million-dollar European retreats, here are the movers and shakers--and the people who pretend to be. Among colorful profiles and revealing glimpses of Elizabeth Taylor, Claus von Bülow, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Aaron Spelling, discover who dumped an heiress the night before the wedding to run off with the best man . . . what happens when the ex-husband of a movie legend becomes president . . . why a beautiful singer fell in with the mob . . . and, in Dunne's most personal story, how a lying murderer and a limelight-loving judge denied justice to his family after his daughter's life was brutally destroyed. Filled with pathos and wit, insight and sass, this candid, controversial volume gives you an extraordinary peek into the rarefied world of the rich, the royal, and the ruined. For Dunne is the man who knows all their secrets--and now those secrets are out.

Too Much Money

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345464109
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Too Much Money written by Dominick Dunne and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last two years have been monstrously unpleasant for high-society journalist Gus Bailey. When he falls for a fake story and implicates a powerful congressman in some rather nasty business on a radio program, Gus becomes embroiled in a slander suit. The stress makes it difficult for him to focus on his next novel, which is based on the suspicious death of billionaire Konstantin Zacharias. The convicted murderer is behind bars, but Gus is not convinced that justice was served. There are too many unanswered questions, and Konstantin’s hot-tempered widow will do anything to conceal the truth. Featuring favorite characters and the affluent world Dunne first introduced in People Like Us, Too Much Money is a mischievous, compulsively readable tale by the most brilliant society chronicler of our time—the man who knew all the secrets and wasn’t afraid to share them.

An Inconvenient Woman

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307815102
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book An Inconvenient Woman written by Dominick Dunne and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Good unclean fun . . . [a] convoluted, scandal-greased, exposed-backsides-of-the-rich-and-famous story . . . told in a confiding, breathless undertone.”—Entertainment Weekly Jules Mendelson is wealthy. Astronomically so. He and his wife lead the kind of charity-giving, art-filled, high-society life for which each has been carefully groomed. Until Jules falls in love with Flo March, a beautiful actress/waitress. What Flo discovers about the superrich is not a pretty sight. And in the end, she wants no more than what she was promised. But when Flo begins to share the true story of her life among the Mendelsons, not everyone is in a listening mood. And some cold shoulders have very sharp edges. . . .

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307815137
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Two Mrs. Grenvilles written by Dominick Dunne and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Murder most swank . . . required reading.”—Vanity Fair When Navy ensign Billy Grenville, heir to a vast New York fortune, sees showgirl Ann Arden on the dance floor, it is love at first sight. And much to the horror of Alice Grenville—the indomitable family matriarch—he marries her. Ann wants desperately to be accepted by high society and become the well-bred woman of her fantasies. But a gunshot one rainy night propels Ann into a notorious spotlight—as the two Mrs. Grenvilles enter into a conspiracy of silence that will bind them together for as long as they live. . . . “This is a candy box of a book. . . . Composed of just the right measure of sex, glamour, [and] passion.”—Cosmopolitan

Justice

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Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307557227
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Justice written by Dominick Dunne and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominick Dunne's mesmerizing tales of justice denied and justice affirmed. For more than two decades, Vanity Fair published Dominick Dunne’s brilliant, revelatory chronicles of the most famous crimes, trials, and punishments of our time. Whether writing of Claus von Bülow’s romp through two trials; the Los Angeles media frenzy surrounding O.J. Simpson; the death by fire of multibillionaire banker Edmond Safra; or the Greenwich, Connecticut, murder of Martha Moxley and the indictment—decades later—of Michael Skakel, Dominick Dunne tells it honestly and tells it from his unique perspective. His search for the truth is relentless.

The Mansions of Limbo

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Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307815013
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Mansions of Limbo written by Dominick Dunne and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Dominick Dunne, who chronicles the escapades, excesses, and eccentricities of high society for Vanity Fair, offers fifteen provocative portraits of some of the most luminous figures of the decade . . . profiles of the movie legend who remains the only divorced wife of a U.S. president; the pretty singing star who fell in love with a notorious mobster; the brilliant photographer who took Dunne's picture weeks before succumbing to AIDS . . . sketches that detail the lavish wedding-that-never-was between an heiress and a counterfeit prince; the incarceration of a high-flying financier; and the brutal slaying of a film mogul and his sife, allegedly by their own two sons. Filled with pathos and wit and the twenty-four-carat insight of a society insider, The Mansions of Limbo offers a peek into a rarified world there nothing is ever enough.

Another City, Not My Own

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307815099
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Another City, Not My Own written by Dominick Dunne and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the Trial of the Century as only Dominick Dunne can write it. Told from the point of view of one of Dunne's most familiar fictional characters-Gus Bailey-Another City, Not My Own tells how Gus, the movers and shakers of Los Angeles, and the city itself are drawn into the vortex of the O.J. Simpson trial. We have met Gus Bailey in previous novels by Dominick Dunne. He is a writer and journalist, father of a murdered child, and chronicler of justice-served or denied-as it relates to the rich and famous. Now back in Los Angeles, a city that once adored him and later shunned him, Gus is caught up in what soon becomes a national obsession. Using real names and places, Dunne interweaves the story of the trial with the personal trials Gus endures as he faces his own mortality. By day, Gus is at the courthouse, the confidant of the Goldman and Simpson families, the lawyers, the journalists, the hangers-on, even the judge; at night he is the honored guest at the most dazzling gatherings in town as everyone-from Kirk Douglas to Heidi Fleiss, from Elizabeth Taylor to Nancy Reagan-delights in the latest news from the corridors of the courthouse. Another City, Not My Own does what no other book on this sensational case has been able to do because of Dominick Dunne's unique ability to probe the sensibilities of participants and observers. This book illuminates the meaning of guilt and innocence in America today. A vivid, revealing achievement, Another City, Not My Own is Dominick Dunne at his best.

People Like Us

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307815110
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book People Like Us written by Dominick Dunne and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-04-11 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before they had Too Much Money, the inhabitants of Dominick Dunne’s glitzy, gossipy New York Times bestselling novels were People Like Us. The way journalist Gus Bailey tells it, old money is always preferred, but occasionally new money sneaks in–even where it is most unwelcome. After moving from Cincinnati, Elias and Ruby Renthal strike it even richer in New York, turning their millions into billions. It would be impolite for high society to refuse them now. Not to mention disadvantageous. As long as the market is strong, there’s absolutely nothing to worry about–except for those nasty secrets from the past. Scandal, anyone?

Murder in Greenwich

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006109692X
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (61 download)

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Book Synopsis Murder in Greenwich by : Mark Fuhrman

Download or read book Murder in Greenwich written by Mark Fuhrman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-01-06 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley, presents new evidence that points the finger of suspicion to Martha's neighbors, and discusses how the police mishandled the case and may have prevented the crime from being solved.

A Season in Purgatory

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307815129
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book A Season in Purgatory written by Dominick Dunne and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER They were the family with everything. Money. Influence. Glamour. Power. The power to halt a police investigation in its tracks. The power to spin a story, concoct a lie, and believe it was the truth. The power to murder without guilt, without shame, and without ever paying the price. They were the Bradleys, America's royalty. But an outsider refuses to play his part. And now, the day of reckoning has arrived. Praise for A Season in Purgatory “Highly entertaining.”—Entertainment Weekly “Stunning.”—Liz Smith “Compelling.”—New York Daily News “Mesmerizing.”—The New York Times “Potent characterization and deftly crafted plotting.”—Publishers Weekly

The Murder of Dominique Dunne

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781545216897
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (168 download)

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Book Synopsis The Murder of Dominique Dunne by : Erica Thomas

Download or read book The Murder of Dominique Dunne written by Erica Thomas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominque Dunne appeared in several films and television series from 1979 to 1982, but was best known for portraying the oldest daughter in the 1982 horror film Poltergeist. She seemed destined for stardom until tragedy struck on October 30th, 1982. Dominique was strangled by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, in the driveway of her West Hollywood home and went into a coma. She never regained consciousness and died five days later. This is her story.

This Crazy Thing Called Love

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Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0804153353
Total Pages : 833 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Book Synopsis This Crazy Thing Called Love by : Susan Braudy

Download or read book This Crazy Thing Called Love written by Susan Braudy and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1955, Ann Woodward shot her husband, Billy, in their Oyster Bay, Long Island, home. While she was cleared by a grand jury, which believed her story that she had mistaken Billy for a prowler who had been recently breaking into neighboring houses, New York society was convinced that she had deliberately murdered Billy and that her formidable mother-in-law, Elsie Woodward, had covered up the crime to prevent further scandal to the socially prominent family. The incident became fiction in Truman Capote's malicious 1975 Esquire story, leading to Ann's suicide, and later was the subject of Dominick Dunne's The Two Mrs. Grenvilles. Now, after years of research, Braudy reveals the truth behind the legend. Tracing Ann's life from her difficult Kansas childhood through her early years as a model and aspiring actress to her stormy marriage to Billy Woodward and the sad years of her social exile after his death, Braudy shows how Ann, a victim of cruel gossip and class snobbery, could not have deliberately killed Billy.

Savage Grace

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 184739602X
Total Pages : 927 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Savage Grace written by Natalie Robins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 927 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Friday, 17th November 1972, a shocking crime rocked London. Wealthy American socialite Barbara Baekeland had been stabbed to death in her Chelsea apartment. The man arrested for the murder: her own son. A spellbinding tale of money and madness, incest and matricide, SAVAGE GRACE is the saga of Brooks and Barbara Baekeland - heirs to the Bakelite plastics fortune - and their handsome, gentle son, Tony. Alternately neglected and smothered by his parents, he was finally driven to destroy the whole family in a violent chain of events.Unfolding against a glamorous international background, SAVAGE GRACE tells the doomed Baekelands' story through remarkably candid interviews, private letters and diaries, as well as confidential hospital and prison records. A true-crime classic, it exposes the harrowing truth behind the envied lives of the rich.

Sexplosion

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062088351
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Book Synopsis Sexplosion by : Robert Hofler

Download or read book Sexplosion written by Robert Hofler and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the sexual revolution came the sexual explosion The six years between 1968 and 1973 saw more sexual taboos challenged than ever before. Film, literature, and theater simultaneously broke through barriers previously unimagined, giving birth to what we still consider to be the height of sexual expression in our pop culture: Portnoy's Complaint, Myra Breckinridge, Hair, The Boys in the Band, Midnight Cowboy, Last Tango in Paris, and Deep Throat. In Sexplosion, Robert Hofler weaves a lively narrative linking many of the writers, producers, and actors responsible for creating these and other controversial works, placing them within their cultural and social frameworks. During the time the Stonewall Riots were shaking Greenwich Village and Roe v. Wade was making its way to the Supreme Court, a group of daring artists was challenging the status quo and defining the country's concept of sexual liberation. Hofler follows the creation of and reaction to these groundbreaking works, tracing their connections and influences upon one another and the rest of entertainment. Always colorful and often unexpected, Sexplosion is an illuminating account of a generation of sexual provocateurs and the power their works continue to hold decades later.

The Unfit Heiress

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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1538753340
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book The Unfit Heiress written by Audrey Clare Farley and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE NEW YORK POST AND BOOK RIOT NAMED A BEST TRUE CRIME BOOK OF 2021 BY CRIMEREADS For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and The Phantom of Fifth Avenue, "a sensational story told with nuance and humanity" (Susannah Cahalan, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about the sordid court battle between Ann Cooper Hewitt and her socialite mother. At the turn of the twentieth century, emboldened American women began to seek passion and livelihood outside the home. This alarmed authorities, who feared "over-sexed" women could destroy civilization, either by crossing the color line or passing their evident defects on to their children. Set against this backdrop, The Unfit Heiress chronicles the fight for inheritance between Ann Cooper Hewitt and her socialite mother Maryon, who had her daughter sterilized without her knowledge. A sensational court case ensued, and powerful eugenicists saw an opportunity to restrict reproductive rights in America for decades to come. This riveting story unfolds through the brilliant research of Audrey Clare Farley, who captures the interior lives of these women on the pages and poses questions that remain relevant today: What does it mean to be "unfit" for motherhood? How do racial anxieties continue to influence who does and does not reproduce? In the battle for reproductive rights, can we forgive those who side against us? And can we forgive our mothers if they are the ones who inflict the deepest wounds?

The Man who Invented Rock Hudson

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ISBN 13 : 9780816691296
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Man who Invented Rock Hudson written by Robert Hofler and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005.