Dunne's novel is a comedy of manners with tragic overtones, set in New York. Gus Bailey, a divorced journalist and Hollywood refugee, is the confidant of New York society, perfectly positioned to observe the machinations of its moneyed elite. A wedding, a death and an inheritance precipitate a social explosion in the world of "People Like Us". Dominick Dunne is the author of "The Two Mrs Grenvilles", "Fatal Charms" and "The Winners".
- ISBN10 0816147272
- ISBN13 9780816147274
- Publish Date 1 June 1989 (first published 28 May 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint G. K. Hall & Company
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Language English