by Dominick Dunne · Libros del Asteroide S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417007799
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In Los Angeles in the early nineties, Pauline and Jules Mendelson are the envy of everyone. Married for over twenty years, with an impeccable reputation and surrounded by an aura of elegance, their parties in their splendid mansion are a must-attend event in the city's social life. However, this image of perfection fades when the lights go out, revealing a vast web of favors, lies, and hypocrisies that sustain the empire of the powerful. When Jules falls for Flo, a waitress who dreams of being an actress, he believes he can control the situation and maintain a discreet affair, unaware that it will become a dangerous obsession. At the same time, the double life of one of Pauline's best friends threatens to expose the secrets that this opulent community tries to hide at all costs. Dominick Dunne, in what critics consider his most accomplished novel, returns to his favorite theme to detail with precision the intimacy of American high society in the late twentieth century. A vivid portrait of the peculiarities of its members, their customs, and the web of corruption that allows them to maintain their privileges.
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.
