A Revealing Biography Of Dominick Dunne, The Best-selling Novelist, Celebrity Crime Reporter, And Notorious Raconteur, Whose Public Persona Hid His Participation In The Gay Subculture Of Hollywood And New York. Father And Sondheim -- Marriage And Puppets -- Mengers And Disaster -- Begelman And Purgatory -- Capote And Suicide -- Didions And Murder -- Bloomingdales And Videotapes -- Von Bülow And Comas -- Novels And Payback -- Kennedys And Cover-ups -- Menendez And Lies -- O.j. And Parties -- Princess Diana And Breakdowns -- Skakels And Wills -- Fuhrman And Libel -- Apologies And Memoirs -- Safra And Paranoia -- Editors And E-mails -- Spector And Sons -- Clinics And Sondheim. Robert Hofler. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 323-324) And Index. Filmography: Page 325.

Robert Hofler

United States, United States of America

Illustrated, 2017

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Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

"Dominick Dunne seemed to live his entire adult life in the public eye, but Robert Hofler reveals a conflicted, enigmatic man who reinvented himself again and again. As a television and film producer from the 1950s to the 1970s, hobnobbing with such stars as Humphrey Bogart and Natalie Wood, he found success and crushing failure in a pitiless Hollywood. Later, 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 Bülow. He had his own television show, Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice. 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. It was that public persona Dunne 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, the gay affairs and relationships he had throughout his marriage and beyond, and his fights with editors at Vanity Fair. 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."--Jacket

viii, 338 pages : 24 cm
A revealing biography of Dominick Dunne, the best-selling novelist, celebrity crime reporter, and notorious raconteur, whose public persona hid his participation in the gay subculture of Hollywood and New York
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324) and index
Filmography: page 325
Father and Sondheim -- Marriage and puppets -- Mengers and disaster -- Begelman and purgatory -- Capote and suicide -- Didions and murder -- Bloomingdales and videotapes -- Von Bülow and comas -- Novels and payback -- Kennedys and cover-ups -- Menendez and lies -- O.J. and parties -- Princess Diana and breakdowns -- Skakels and wills -- Fuhrman and libel -- Apologies and memoirs -- Safra and paranoia -- Editors and e-mails -- Spector and sons -- Clinics and Sondheim

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. 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.

2023-06-28