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Dominick Dunne

    October 29, 1925 – August 26, 2009

    Dominick Dunne was an American writer and investigative journalist whose work often focused on the intersection of high society and the judicial system. After a career in Hollywood as a producer and television personality, he turned to writing, producing incisive explorations of the lives of the wealthy and famous. His narratives delved into the darker aspects of their world, revealing the often-hidden machinations beneath glittering surfaces. A profound personal tragedy later steered his focus toward the complexities of legal proceedings and the pursuit of justice.

    An Inconvenient Woman
    Another City, Not My Own
    If I Did It
    People Like Us
    The Way We Lived Then
    Vanity Fair's Hollywood: Forew. by Graydon Carter. Afterw. by Dominick Dunne.
    • The definitive book of its kind, Vanity Fair's Hollywood is an incomparable collection of classic photographs, essays and caricatures depicting a century of Hollywood power, glamour, myth and mystery - directly from the pages of Vanity Fair, from 1914 to today. The brightest stars in Hollywood's firmament have been assembled in one volume: Garbo and Swanson, Gable and Grant, Tracy and Hepburn, Fairbanks and Pickford, Taylor and Burton - along with today's cinematic giants: Cruise and Kidman, Nicholson and Streep, De Niro and DiCaprio, Hanks and Roberts, and scores more. Vanity Fair's photographers - among them Cecil Beaton, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Edward Steichen and Bruce Weber - have helped to define modern portraiture. Likewise, Vanity Fair's stable of Hollywood writers in this volume includes luminaries of the past (P.G. Wodehouse, Dorothy Parker and D.H. Lawrence) and of the present (Christopher Hitchens, Dominick Dunne, Amy Fine). Here, then, is a century's worth of stars and moguls, parties and scandals, power and glamour, through the unrivalled lens and the inimitable prose of Vanity Fair.

      Vanity Fair's Hollywood: Forew. by Graydon Carter. Afterw. by Dominick Dunne.
      5.0
    • Details the life of the former Hollywood producer and director turned author

      The Way We Lived Then
      4.0
    • People Like Us

      • 454 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Gus Bailey, the confidant of New York society, observes the social repercussions of socialite Justine Altemus's engagement to TV anchorman Bernie Slatkin and inadvertently precipitates a social explosion

      People Like Us
      3.8
    • The extraordinary testimony of OJ Simpson about the murder of his wife Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman that became an Oscar-winning Netflix series.

      If I Did It
      3.7
    • Gus Bailey, journalist to high society, knows the sordid secrets of the very rich. Now he turns his penetrating gaze to a courtroom in Los Angeles, witnessing the trial of the century unfold before his startled eyes. As the infamous case and characters begin to take shape, and a range of celebrities from Frank Sinatra to Heidi Fleiss share their own theories of the crime, Bailey bears witness to the ultimate perversion of principle and the most amazing gossip machine in Hollywood--all wrapped in a marvelous addictive true-to-life tale of love, rage, and ruin. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

      Another City, Not My Own
      3.8
    • An Inconvenient Woman

      • 482 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      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. ... --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

      An Inconvenient Woman
      3.6
    • Jackie

      The Clothes of Camelot

      • 208 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis is the ultimate American fashion icon. Jay Mulvaney, author of Kennedy Weddings , celebrates her unique style in this lavishly illustrated book. JACKIE: The Clothes of Camelot is a richly illustrated history of those magical years when the Kennedys captivated a nation and the world. Her glamour was electric, her style imaginative, and the effect was brilliant. Jacqueline Kennedy's fashions from the White House years, over two hundred outfits, are illustrated with three hundred photographs, in both black and white and color, many previously unpublished or rarely seen. Also included are photographs of jewelry and accessories as well as memorabilia, all exploring the continuing impact of Jackie's fashion sensibility on our culture. The range of illustrations and text is broad, including: Early Fashion Influences The Inauguration Ensembles Gowns for State Events The Wardrobe for State Visits Abroad Private Living and Casual Wear French Designers: Haute Couture in the White House November 1963 Mrs. Onassis and the Post-Camelot Years JACKIE: The Clothes of Camelot is a striking portrait of an unforgettable fashion legend.

      Jackie
    • The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

      • 388 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      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 to 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. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

      The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
    • Too Much Money

      A Novel

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      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.

      Too Much Money
    • The Winners

      • 378 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Mona Berg knows she will never be a Hollywood star, but she is determined to achieve power in other ways, and prepares for battle in the world of glamour, power and sex. Dominick Dunne is the author of "People Like Us", which was highly successful in both Britain and America.

      The Winners