My name is Gus Bailey…It should be pointed out that it is a regular feature of my life that people whisper things in my ear, very private things, about themselves or others. I have always understood the art of listening.

The last two years have been monstrously unpleasant for high-society journalist Gus Bailey. His propensity for gossip has finally gotten him into trouble--$11 million dollars worth. His problems begin when he falls hook, line, and sinker for a fake story from an unreliable source and repeats it on a radio program. As a result of his flip comments, Gus becomes embroiled in a nasty slander suit brought by Kyle Cramden, the powerful congressman he accuses of murder, and he fears it could mean the end of him.

The stress of the lawsuit makes it difficult for Gus to focus on the novel he has been contracted to write, which is based on the suspicious death of billionaire Konstantin Zacharias. It is a story that has dominated the party conversations of Manhattan’s chattering classes for more than two years. The accused murderer is behind bars, but Gus is not convinced that justice was served. There are too many unanswered questions, such as why a paranoid man who did not go anywhere without bodyguards was suddenly left without protection the very night he perished in a tragic fire. Gus believes the answers lie with Konstantin’s hot-tempered and vengeful wife, Perla. He intends to uncover the truth, even though doing so will gain him another dangerous enemy.

In true Dominick Dunne fashion, TOO MUCH MONEY is peppered with thinly veiled fictions, keeping readers guessing about the real-world villains and intrigues that lie beneath its chapters. Dunne revives the world he first introduced in his mega-bestselling novel PEOPLE LIKE US, and he brings readers up-to-date on favorite characters such as Ruby and Elias Renthal, Lil Altemus, and, of course, the beloved Gus Bailey.Once again, he invites us to pull up a seat at the most important tables at Swifty’s, get past the doormen at esteemed social clubs like The Butterfield, and venture into the innermost chambers of the Upper East Side’s most sumptuous mansions.

TOO MUCH MONEY is a satisfying, mischievous, and compulsively readable tale by the most brilliant society chronicler of our time–the man who knows all the secrets and isn’t afraid to share them.

 

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 Sara Nelson recently picked the novel as one of her "Big Books of Fall" for The Daily Beast:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-09-07/the-big-books-of-fall/?cid=topic:originals4#gallery=654;page=16;item=

 

"The only person writing about high society from inside the aquarium."   —Tina Brown

"Readers mourned Dunne's passing in August 2009, bereft at the thought of life without his keen novels and incisive Vanity Fair profiles...But Dunne grants us one more good read...[his] glittering high-society satire harbors sorrow at its heart as [his] burdened hero ponders his secrets and regrets."—Booklist

"On full display here, Dunne's jaded eye for the foibles of the ultraspoiled, his stylish wit and eavesdropper's ear--they are among the many reasons he is sorely missed."—Kirkus Reviews

"Mr. Dunne left behind one last, stinging roman à clef . . . [Protagonist Gus Bailey] and Mr. Dunne both exited on a grace note." - The New York Times, Janet Maslin

 

DOMINICK DUNNE FOREIGN SALES HISTORY -

JUSTICE (Crown / 2001): Chinese simplified (Liaoning Education Press), and France (Les Quatre Chemins).

ANOTHER CITY (Crown / 1997): Chinese simplified (Yilin Press).

THE MANSIONS OF LIMBO (Random House / 1997):  Chinese (Hsin-Kuang Publishers).

A SEASON IN PURGATORY (Crown / 1993):  Bulgarian (Garant 21), Danish (Fremad), French (Lattes), German (C. Bertelsmann Verlag), Greek (Harlenic Hellas), Hebrew (Hed Arzi), Italian (Longanesi & C), Korean (Ye-Eum), Polish (Wydawnictwo), Portuguese (Sciliano Livros Jornais e Riv), Romanian (Editura R.A.O.), Russian (Eksmo), Slovene (Presernova Druzba), Spanish (Vergara), Swedish (Bokforlaget), and Turkish (Altin Kitaplar Yayinevi).

AN INCONVENIENT WOMAN (Crown / 1990):  Bulgarian (Dolphin Press), Chinese (Hsin-Kuang Publishers), Dutch (Bosch & Keuning Uitgeverij), French (Lattes), German (Droemer), Hebrew (Shalgi), Hungarian (Tericum Publishing), Italian (Longanesi & C), Latvian (Kontinents), Norwegian (Hjemmets Bokforlag), Polish (Wydawnictwo BIS), Portuguese (Agencia Siciliano De Livros), Russian (Olma Press), Spanish (Javier Vergara), Swedish (Norstedts Forlag), and Turkish (Inkilap).

PEOPLE LIKE US (Crown / 1988):  Greek (Harlenic Hellas), German (Droemer), Italian (Longanesi & C), Polish (Bertlesmann), Portuguese (Distribuidora), Spanish (Javier Vergara), Turkish (Inkilap).

 

Link do autora: http://www.dominickdunne.net/

Autor: Dominick Dunne

Data dodania: 2010-01-17