Thursday, December 27, 2007

Dominick Dunne

I've just finished reading Dominick Dunne's book
"The Mansions of Limbo." The book is a collection
of articles Dunne authored for Vanity Fair Magazine.

In these articles, Dominick chronicles the ups and tawdry
downs of high/low society, the famous and infamous.
Embedded among stories of the misbehaving hijinks of
the want to be, the rich, the extremely rich, Dominick
Dunne sheds a new light upon the people involved
directly or peripherally within society.

Dominick Dunne was present at the sale of the late
Duchess of Windsor's jewels and regales the reader
with the hoopla preceding the sale, the bidding, the
bidders, along with descriptions of the jewelry and the
people who surrounded the late Duke and Duchess
of Windsor during their lives.

My two favorite articles in this collection are those
that were a departure from the misbehaving lore.
They are an interview with Jane Wyman, the
actress, and an encounter with Jordan's King Hussein
and Queen Noor, as well as subsequent interviews with
her majesty.

With those interviews, Dunne shows that his interest
is genuine, his heart/ear are sympathetic, and his
stories worth reading.

"Another City, Not My Own" A Novel in the form of
a Memoir also by Dominick Dunne is my current reading
material.

Dominick Dunne creates a character who moves through
Los Angeles and the trial of O.J. Simpson.

From the book inside cover "Using real names
and places Dunne interweaves the story of the trial
with the personal trials Gus endures as he faces his
own mortality." "This book illuminates the meaning
of guilt and innocence in America today."
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