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A Season in Purgatory is a 1993 novel by Dominick Dunne. It was inspired by the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley, for which Ethel Skakel Kennedy's nephew Michael Skakel was eventually convicted. Dunne became fascinated with the story after covering William Kennedy Smith's 1991 rape trial for Vanity Fair.
- Dominick Dunne
- 1993
A Season in Purgatory: With Patrick Dempsey, Sherilyn Fenn, Craig Sheffer, Edward Herrmann. True story about a kid from rich family with political ties who covers up a suspicious death of a young woman. This comes back to haunt him later.
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- 1996-05-05
- Crime, Drama
- 150
Nov 17, 2009 · The power to halt a police investigation in its tracks. The power to spin a story, concoct a lie, and believe it was the truth. The power to murder without guilt, without shame, and without ever paying the price. America's royalty, they called the Bradleys. But an outsider refuses to play his part.
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- $16.99
- Dominick Dunne
- Dominick Dunne
Jan 1, 1993 · A Season in Purgatory is based on Kennedy nephew's Michael Skakel's murder of Martha Moxley in the wealthy town of Greenwich, Connecticutt in 1975. The story is told from the point of view of the killers boarding school buddy who was visiting that weekend.
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- Paperback
- Dominick Dunne
The power to halt a police investigation in its tracks. The power to spin a story, concoct a lie, and believe it was the truth. The power to murder without guilt, without shame, and without ever paying the price. They were the Bradleys, America’s royalty.
- Dominick Dunne
- Paperback
Nov 28, 1998 · A Season in Purgatory. Paperback – November 28, 1998. They were the family with everything. Money. Influence. Glamour. Power. The power to halt a police investigation in its tracks. The power to spin a story, concoct a lie, and believe it was the truth.
- Dominick Dunne
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This New York Times bestseller is Dunne at his spellbinding best--a masterfully orchestrated story of power, courage and deceit. Revolving around an Irish Catholic family of unrelenting social and...