Too Much Money
Autor Dominick Dunneen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2010
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.
Preț: 103.49 lei
Nou
Puncte Express: 155
Preț estimativ în valută:
19.81€ • 20.59$ • 16.43£
19.81€ • 20.59$ • 16.43£
Carte disponibilă
Livrare economică 16-30 ianuarie 25
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780345464101
ISBN-10: 0345464109
Pagini: 275
Dimensiuni: 133 x 205 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: BALLANTINE BOOKS
ISBN-10: 0345464109
Pagini: 275
Dimensiuni: 133 x 205 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: BALLANTINE BOOKS
Notă biografică
Dominick Dunne was the author of five bestselling novels, two collections of essays, and The Way We Lived Then, a memoir with photographs. He had been a special correspondent for Vanity Fair for twenty-five years, and the host of the television series Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice. He passed away in 2009 after completing Too Much Money.
Recenzii
"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
“A savagely honest presentation of the upper echelons of New York City society . . . none of whom escape Dunne’s sharp gaze.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Juicy high-society soap opera.”—Los Angeles Times
“Familiar turf for Dunne fans . . . a fun romp . . . Pull up a chair at Swifty’s, order some Champagne, and enjoy.”
—USA Today
“A last delicious dish on the rich and famous [Dunne] knew and loved to skewer so well.”
—The Boston Globe
"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
“A savagely honest presentation of the upper echelons of New York City society . . . none of whom escape Dunne’s sharp gaze.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Juicy high-society soap opera.”—Los Angeles Times
“Familiar turf for Dunne fans . . . a fun romp . . . Pull up a chair at Swifty’s, order some Champagne, and enjoy.”
—USA Today
“A last delicious dish on the rich and famous [Dunne] knew and loved to skewer so well.”
—The Boston Globe
Descriere
A satisfying, mischievous, and compulsively readable tale, Dunne's final work is peppered with thinly veiled fictions that keep readers guessing about the real-world villains and intrigues that lie beneath its chapters.