Dominick Dunne
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| Title | : | A Season in Purgatory |
| Author | : | Dominick Dunne |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 464 pages |
| Published | : | November 28th 1998 by Ballantine Books (first published 1993) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Crime. True Crime |
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They were the family with everything. Money. Influence. Glamour. Power. The power to halt a police investigation in its tracks. The power to spin a story, concoct a lie, and believe it was the truth. The power to murder without guilt, without shame, and without ever paying the price. America's royalty, they called the Bradleys. But an outsider refuses to play his part. And now, the day of reckoning has arrived. . . .Identify Books Concering A Season in Purgatory
| Original Title: | A Season in Purgatory |
| ISBN: | 0345430557 (ISBN13: 9780345430557) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Connecticut(United States) |
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Ratings: 4.09 From 2628 Users | 194 ReviewsArticle About Books A Season in Purgatory
Completely engrossing. Loved how it was from the perspective of the accomplice and the toll the crime took on him and all those affected. How easily we can get swept up with the wrong crowd albeit innocently, or so it seems at the beginning. With a mix of crime, wealth, vanity, religion and family, this book covered it all.He could really write, Dominick Dunne, couldn't he? I know this was a fictionalised account of the Skakel murder of Martha Moxley, I know the Bradleys were the Kennedys, but still it read, at least in the initial chapters like Waugh's Brideshead. The same shining scion and his shadow, poor but in love and literate. The same feeling of anything was possible, morality was unimportant compared to riches. All that and they were Catholic too. I advertised for a part-time clerk today. The first person
My brother recommended this book to me and at first I didn't like it, but 2 chapters in the drama started. Each chapter sucked me in more. The ending was a surprise and then a double surprise.
I decided to read this book because I had just finished watching a documentary about Ann Woodward and remembered that Dominick Dunne had written a fictionalized book based on her life called The Two Mrs. Grenvilles. (She, along with several others, makes an appearance in this book too.) Since I had thoroughly enjoyed it, I decided to try this one.I was not disappointed!Half the fun of this novel is trying to identify who all the real life players are in this fascinating roman à clef by Dominick
This was an entertaining read. First published in 1998 about a rich Kennedy type family who become fabulously wealthy by less than legal means and then put on airs. Written 20 years ago, the 1% are very ably rendered. Not much has changed except the rich get richer and the poor- well who cares (that is sarcasm, by the way). Fun, not mentally taxing. Ideal for a vacation or to relax.
Had two copies of this book in two different bindings. Loved the story but donating now as clearing bookshelves for move.
Although this book is a fictionalization of the Martha Moxley murder trial, the plot reads like a Trump-family handbook. The story of the corruption and privilege is too familiar to thinking people who have had to live through the debacle of this presidency and its scandals. Even more painful is the portrayal of America's worship of celebrity and wealth. The American public's role as co-dependents to pampered, preening billionaires is rendered perfectly in the public's response to the trial at
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