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Too Much Money

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By Dominick Dunne

By Dominick Dunne

By Dominick Dunne

By Dominick Dunne

By Dominick Dunne
Read by Ann Marie Lee and Nicholas Hormann

By Dominick Dunne
Read by Ann Marie Lee and Nicholas Hormann

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Sep 28, 2010 | ISBN 9780345464101

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Dec 15, 2009 | ISBN 9780307591456

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Dec 15, 2009 | 575 Minutes

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    About Too Much Money

    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.

    About Too Much Money

    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.

    About Too Much Money

    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 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 being involved in the mysterious disappearance of a young woman, 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 convicted 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 was usually accompanied by bodyguards was without protection the very night he perished in a tragic fire.
     
    Konstantin’s hot-tempered widow, Perla, is obsessed with climbing the social ladder and, as a result, she will do anything to suppress this potentially damaging story. Gus is convinced she is the only thing standing between him and the truth.
     
    Dominick 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 knew all the secrets and wasn’t afraid to share them. 
     


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    About Dominick Dunne

    Dominick Dunne was the author of five bestselling novels, two collections of essays, and The Way We Lived Then, a memoir with photographs. He was a special correspondent for Vanity Fair for 25 years, and the host of the television series Dominick Dunne’s Power, Privilege,… More about Dominick Dunne

    About Dominick Dunne

    Dominick Dunne was the author of five bestselling novels, two collections of essays, and The Way We Lived Then, a memoir with photographs. He was a special correspondent for Vanity Fair for 25 years, and the host of the television series Dominick Dunne’s Power, Privilege,… More about Dominick Dunne

    About Dominick Dunne

    Dominick Dunne was the author of five bestselling novels, two collections of essays, and The Way We Lived Then, a memoir with photographs. He was a special correspondent for Vanity Fair for 25 years, and the host of the television series Dominick Dunne’s Power, Privilege,… More about Dominick Dunne

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Sep 28, 2010 | 288 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780345464101

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Dec 15, 2009 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9780307591456

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Dec 15, 2009 | 575 Minutes | ISBN 9780307712325

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    Praise

    “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

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