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Another City, Not My Own
Another City Not My Own
Author: Dominick Dunne
ISBN-13: 9780345430519
ISBN-10: 0345430514
Pages: 406
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 36 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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ccwriter avatar reviewed Another City, Not My Own on + 186 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 19
If you love gossip, you'll love this. With the obvious exception of the ending of this "novel," I doubt very much else is fiction. The name-dropping gets to the point of being laugh-out-loud funny ("How many names can I get into just one sentence?"), but the behind-the-scenes tales of the OJ trial are juicy.
noisynora avatar reviewed Another City, Not My Own on + 130 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I am a huge Dunne fan . . . and even after all these years, the OJ trial was still interesting to read about. It's just amazing the name-dropping and the lives of the priviledged and the odd coincidences this man gets into. Fascinating - great "beach read" book.
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Helpful Score: 1
It reads like the columns that Dunne wrote for Vanity Fair, which I enjoyed. A dishy fun, barely fictionalized, story of an infamous murder trial -- but with a surprising twist ending.
Puddnp avatar reviewed Another City, Not My Own on + 111 more book reviews
Good Book!
reviewed Another City, Not My Own on + 17 more book reviews
True murder mysteries are the best. This one follows
the same script used on TV.
reviewed Another City, Not My Own on + 236 more book reviews
Gus Bailey, journalist to high society, knows the sordid secrets of the very rich. Now he turns his penetrating gaze to a courtroom in Los Angeles, witnessing the trial of the century unfold before his startled eyes. As the infamous case and characters begin to take shape, and a range of celebrities from Frank Sinatra to Heidi Fleiss share their own theories of the crime, Bailey bears witness to the ultimate perversion of prinicple and the most amazing gossip machine in Hollywood-all wrapped in a marvelously addictive true-to-life tale of love, rage and ruin.

Book is well read but still is in OK shape. No missing pages or tears or anything.
reviewed Another City, Not My Own on + 10 more book reviews
This is not another OJ book. However, the plot takes place in a Los Angeles courtroom and involves a range of celebrates from Frank Sinatra to Heidi Fleiss. The story is an addictive true to life tale
of love, rage and ruin...
reviewed Another City, Not My Own on + 240 more book reviews
Gus Bailey, journalist to high society, knows the secrets of the very rich. Now he turns his penetrating gaze to a courtroom in Los Angeles, witnessing the trial of the century unfold before his startled eyes. As the infamous case and characters begin to take shape, and a range of celebrities from Frank Sinatra to Heidi Fleiss share their own theories of the crime, Bailey bears witness to the ultimate perversion of principle and the most amazing gossip machine in Hollywood---allwrapped in a marvelously addictive true-to-life tale of love, rage, and ruin.