by Dominick Dunne · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780553176766
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«People Like Us» is the novel by Dominick Dunne, published by Bantam Books in paperback (464 pages, in English).
The narrative follows Gus Bailey, confidant of New York's elite, as he witnesses the stir caused by heiress Justine Altemus's engagement to television host Bernie Slatkin. Dunne portrays a world of appearances and loyalties where money and power conceal secrets capable of ruining reputations.
The work bears the subtitle «A Novel»; the edition is dated December 1, 1989 and its ISBN is 9780553176766.
A read for those who enjoy portraits of New York's elite and the intrigues that stir their social circles.
Dominick John Dunne was an American writer, investigative journalist, and producer. He began his career in film and television as a producer of the pioneering gay film The Boys in the Band (1970) and as the producer of the drama film The Panic in Needle Park (1971). He turned to writing in the early 1970s. After the 1982 murder of his daughter Dominique, an actress who had her breakthrough role in the film Poltergeist that year, he began to write about the interaction of wealth and high society with the judicial system. Dunne was a frequent contributor to Vanity Fair, and, beginning in the 1980s, often appeared on television discussing crime.
