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Too Much Money |  | Author: Dominick Dunne
Creators: Ann Marie Lee, Nicholas Hormann
Publisher: Random House Audio
Category: Book
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 829746
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0375405879
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780375405877
ASIN: 0375405879
Publication Date: December 15, 2009
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Product Description
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.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 Goodbye Mr. Dunne January 3, 2010
Omega Man (West Hollywood, CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Absolutely delicious novel. You will want to go back and visit / revisit all of Dunne's previous books. What an amazing storyteller and 'people-teller' he was.
Four stars...or five? December 17, 2009
Jill Meyer (New Mexico)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Like the first two reviewers of Dominick Dunne's newest/last book, I was going to give it four stars. I've loved Dunne's writing all these years, from his columns in Vanity Fair to his many novels along the way. "People Like Us" was always a particular favorite of mine. I always thought it was better than Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities", which was released at about the same time and was about the same strata of NYC society - the "titans of Wall Street" and their "Social X-ray" wives.
"Too Much Money" is about the same characters, updated a few years or so, and beginning with Elias Renthal's release from prison, i.e. "the facility" and Adele Harcourt's death, at the age of 105. A famous slander case that the real Dominick Dunne was involved in is a large part of the novel, as well as his on-going battle with one of the wealthiest widows in the world over her husband's suspicious death in Monte Carlo. Like Dominick Dunne, Gus Bailey was diagnosed with cancer and his treatment is also part of the story. As are the incidental characters, maids, chauffeurs, press people, society "walkers"; auxiliary people who Dunne draws with a wicked, but, at times, sympathetic pen.
And the most interesting part of the book is that I think Dominick Dunne "outs" himself. I won't give the part away but it seemed almost as if Dunne confesses something he has long wanted to say, but maybe couldn't until he faced death.
Was the writing great? No, it wasn't "five star" great - it was "four star" - but, in honor of the man's last work, and the honesty in writing it, I'm giving it "five stars". Enjoy.
Too Much Money- a delicious snarky treat January 18, 2010
Amy (virginia)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have long been an admirer of the great Dominick Dunne. I was worried that his last novel may not live up to the rest. Fear not, it is great. Gus Bailey is back, nearing the end of his life. Nick came from an era in which certain subjects were simply not discussed. Too Much Money is as close to an autobiography as we the public will get from him. Of course, the delicious characters from NY society are in there. If you like his previous works, Too Much Money will not disappoint.
Cryptoautobiography February 23, 2010
Douglas P. Murphy (Charlottesville)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dunne makes no pretense about writing fiction that is largely based on real people and events, and in this book it is quite an interesting game to figure out who is who. Several characters are rather easily distinguished but others are more difficult. One gets the feeling that he has an excellent memory for dialogue, a skill reminiscent of Truman Capote who claimed greater than ninety percent recall. Capote also wrote about the same strata of society and received a similar sort of backlash. Anyway from Gus Bailey the writer to the billionaire Elias Renthal in and out of a "facility" and his beautiful, shoot-straight-from-the-hip wife Ruby, the interactions between people keep you turning the pages whether you want to or not. Most of the action takes place in New York City. Sometimes I felt I shouldn't be so fascinated by these rich people frequently demonstrating snobby and superficial values but I was. Sex and gossip, social climbing and money rule in this book. It's a fun and quick read.
Dominick Dunne's last novel. March 10, 2010
J. levy (stuart, fl)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I knew Dominick Dunne and admired him. This is a fitting last book for him to have written....gossip and juicy nonsense, but interesting, as well. Dominick Dunne was a very nice and kind person and he will be missed.
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