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#NuYear #LoveNeedsNoDisguise especially money. Elias and Ruby are new money in NYC high society. That‘s ok though, because they‘ve managed to turn their millions into billions and money talks. The tragic part is at the end Elias goes away to jail telling Ruby the reason he did what he did was because he was afraid she wouldn‘t be with him without the money. Then she tells him that she loved him DESPITE the money. Dunne‘s books are all great.

Cinfhen, TrishB

Cinfhen Dominick Dunne is such a good writer...I can‘t remember if I read this one....#stacking 7y

Reggie I read this one and the one about the OJ Simpson trial. That one was crazy. @Cinfhen 7y

TrishB Don‘t know this author. Great summary 👍🏻 7y

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Reggie @TrishB he passed away in 2009. His daughter in real life was the older sister in the first poltergeist who was an aspiring actress but sadly gets killed by her jealous and abusive boyfriend. 7y

Cathythoughts Never heard of this author either. But sounds interesting 7y

Reggie @Cathythoughts he worked for Vanity Fair for over 2 decades. His books read like a bunch of gossip that gets made into these great stories. Give him a try. 7y

TrishB That‘s sad 😢 I‘ll keep him in mind! 7y

Cinfhen I don't think I read the OJ one, although I'd love too...I've read a ton of his Vanity Fairs features , An Inconvenient woman &

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

Kaye Good review Reggie. I have yet to read a few of his. I think I‘ve read all his NF. So far I really liked the fictional account based on the Martha Moxley murder best.

A Season in Purgatory

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Reggie @Kaye does his NF read like his fiction where he gets invited to brunch and the gossip/facts just pour into his lap? 7y

Kaye In a way.. I think it was just the lifestyle he lived. He knew so many rich and famous people and was notoriously known to love to gossip with and about that set of folks. The nonfiction is very good. He concentrates quite a bit on murders within the rich communities. In fact, his own daughter was murdered, so I‘m not sure if that had an effect on his writing or if he was already interested in the subject before his daughter was killed. (edited) 7y

Reggie @Kaye I think his daughter‘s murder was huge on his writing because in the middle of his fiction books the MC will take off to go to a parole hearing to speak against the guy who strangled his daughter getting out early. In one of the books I think he actually shoots the guy. In another he stalks him and tells the new gf what the guy did to his daughter. You could feel the pure hatred he had for the guy. And the extreme sadness. 7y

Kaye Yes it‘s understandable. I can‘t remember a lot about the case, although in one of his books, he devotes a long part of the book solely to his daughter‘s murder and the trial afterwards. I don‘t remember what sentence the boy got, but it was either not severe enough or Dunne didn‘t think it was. It‘s been so long since I read those books. There‘s a newer one out about Dunne‘s life. I guess I should read it sometime.

Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne: A Life in Several Acts

AmyG Dominick Dunne‘s brother married Joan Didion, if I‘m correct. I remember reading about the murder of his daughter. So tragic. And his son, Griffen, is also an actor. He wrote wonderful books...those who haven‘t read them should pick one up. 7y

KimHM John Gregory Dunne was indeed married to Joan Didion and when he died suddenly (while their daughter was in a coma)she wrote

Year of Magical Thinking

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Reggie @AmyG @KimHM I knew about Griffin Dunne but I had no idea about the uncle. I‘ve never read Joan Didion either. Maybe I‘ll give her a try. Such a tragic family. 7y

KimHM A Death in the Family by DD: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/03/dunne200403 7y

KimHM Tragic, yes @Reggie but oh how they mined it for art. Start with Didion‘s collections of articles in either Slouching Towards Bethlehem or The White Album.

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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TNbookworm I love all his books! 7y

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Reggie

People Like Us | Dominick Dunne

This story is new money meets old money in high society New York City right before the market crash 1987. #Moneygrabbers are abound in this tale told by the original Gossip Girl xoxo Dominick Dunne. His books have a who said what at whose brunch feel about them. He died in 2009. His best books deal with crime, fueled by the always present anger he felt as a result of his daughter's murderer only getting 3 years. His daughter was Dominique Dunne

Cinfhen

Reggie She was the older sister in Poltergeist. To read more about the amazing Dominick Dunne, here's an article written about him in Vanity Fair, the magazine for whom he wrote articles for over 20 years. https://www.google.com/amp/www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/11/dominick-dunne2009... (edited) 8y

Cinfhen I feel like a read something else by this author/journalist. I recall reading the Vanity Fair article...and I know he was a longstanding contributor to the magazine. Excellent choice😊 8y

LauraBeth I haven't read his books (just his VF pieces) - I didn't know his personal story - that's so sad😔 8y

Donna_sBookMinute Great blurb, @Reggie 👍🏽 I definitely stacked this title. And thanks for the VF link. 8y

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