Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mansions of Limbo | 1991 | Dominick Dunne | Buy |
Mansions of Limbo (1991) collects Dominick Dunne’s Vanity Fair journalism and profiles of the wealthy and powerful.
The pieces in Mansions of Limbo take readers inside the lives of socialites, criminals, and celebrities. Dunne had unusual access to the people he wrote about, partly because he had been part of their world before becoming a journalist. His writing is direct and gossipy without losing its edge, and the collection captures a specific moment in American high society.
Readers who enjoy Dunne’s novels like The Two Mrs. Grenvilles or A Season in Purgatory will find the same fascination with wealth and scandal in his non-fiction. Mansions of Limbo stands well on its own and requires no familiarity with his other work.