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Which book, written by Dominick Dunne, was inspired by the true life events of the murder of Martha Moxley (Michael Skakel, the nephew of Ethel Skakel Kennedy, was eventually convicted of this crime).
a. People Like Us
b. An Inconvenient Woman
c. Another City, Not my Own
d. A Season in Purgatory
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Dominick Dunne

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born

October 29, 1925

died

August 26, 2009

gender

male

place of birth

Hartford, Connecticut, The United States

genre

Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Dominick Dunne was an American writer and investigative journalist whose subjects frequently hinged on the ways high society interacts with the judiciary system. He was a producer in Hollywood and is also known from his frequent appearances on television.

After his studies at Williams College and service in World War II, Dunne moved to New York, then to Hollywood, where he directed Playhouse 90 and became vice president of Four Star Pictures. He hobnobbed with the rich and the famous of those days. In 1979, he left Hollywood, moved to Oregon, and wrote his first book, The Winners. In November 1982, his actress daughter, Dominique Dunne, was murdered. Dunne attended the trial of her murderer (John Thomas Sweeney) and subsequently ...more

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books by Dominick Dunne

avg rating: 3.76 | 1,607 ratings | 169 reviews | 28 distinct works | 9 fans

	A Season in Purgatory by Dominick Dunne avg rating 3.91 — 315 ratings — published 1993 12 editions	my rating:
	The Two Mrs. Grenvilles by Dominick Dunne avg rating 3.76 — 295 ratings — published 1985 11 editions	my rating:
	An Inconvenient Woman by Dominick Dunne avg rating 3.77 — 202 ratings — published 1990 13 editions	my rating:
	People Like Us by Dominick Dunne avg rating 3.69 — 169 ratings — published 1988 8 editions	my rating:
	Another City, Not My Own by Dominick Dunne avg rating 3.55 — 151 ratings — published 1997 9 editions	my rating:
	Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments by Dominick Dunne avg rating 3.64 — 121 ratings — published 2001 7 editions	my rating:
	The Way We Lived Then : Recollections of a Well-Known Name Dropper by Dominick Dunne avg rating 3.81 — 73 ratings — published 1999	my rating:
	Vanity Fair's Hollywood by Dominick Dunne, Graydon Carter (Editor), David Friend (Editor) avg rating 4.16 — 44 ratings — published 2000	my rating:
	Fatal Charms and Other Tales of Today/The Mansions of Limbo by Dominick Dunne avg rating 3.67 — 33 ratings — published 1999	my rating:
	Fatal Charms and Other Tales of Today by Dominick Dunne avg rating 3.75 — 16 ratings — published 1988	my rating: