ISBN: 1570427003

[SR: 3829304], Audio Cassette, [EAN: 9781570427008], Abridged, Audiobook, Hachette Audio, Hachette Audio, Book, [PU: Hachette Audio], Hachette Audio, The Hamptons, that famous string of b… Plus…

[SR: 3829304], Audio Cassette, [EAN: 9781570427008], Abridged, Audiobook, Hachette Audio, Hachette Audio, Book, [PU: Hachette Audio], Hachette Audio, The Hamptons, that famous string of beachside hamlets in New York State, are not just a quiet vacation spot for New England blue bloods like the duPonts and Vanderbilts. According to Steven Gaines, the author of a spate of "untold" and "true" biographies of such glitterati as Calvin Klein, they're also--surprise!--a sandbox of scandal. And who exactly has been stirring things up? Gaines centers the book on an eccentric cast of characters in Hamptons history: semicloseted gay men of fabulous wealth and Ralph Lauren taste, half-cracked Mayflower descendants going to seed, and those "Philistines," the nouveau riche, blemishing the scenery with their terrible taste. "The establishment can hold off the newcomers for only so long," explains the author. "There are always more of Them than Us." Heavily researched, the book is painstakingly detailed and unapologetically voyeuristic, full of "nine-ounce chilled Baccarat crystal stem glasses," "Chippendale sofas upholstered in Scalamandré silks," "Gucci loafers," and "fourteen-karat-gold wallpaper." It's a Champagne truffle: sinful, enticing, and pure froth at its center. --Maria Dolan, 13928191, General, 13928151, Biographies & Memoirs, 13901671, Audiobooks, 2205888011, Custom Stores, 1040638, Specialty Stores, 916520, Books, 13928201, Historical, 13928151, Biographies & Memoirs, 13901671, Audiobooks, 2205888011, Custom Stores, 1040638, Specialty Stores, 916520, Books, 13928471, General, 13901671, Audiobooks, 2205888011, Custom Stores, 1040638, Specialty Stores, 916520, Books, 13928591, General, 13928571, History, 13901671, Audiobooks, 2205888011, Custom Stores, 1040638, Specialty Stores, 916520, Books, 13929931, General, 13929921, Nonfiction, 13901671, Audiobooks, 2205888011, Custom Stores, 1040638, Specialty Stores, 916520, Books, 13930001, General, 13929971, Social Sciences, 13929921, Nonfiction, 13901671, Audiobooks, 2205888011, Custom Stores, 1040638, Specialty Stores, 916520, Books, 13930031, Sociology, 13929971, Social Sciences, 13929921, Nonfiction, 13901671, Audiobooks, 2205888011, Custom Stores, 1040638, Specialty Stores, 916520, Books, 935056, Historical, 935058, British, 1051474, Canadian, 935090, Holocaust, 935092, United States, 934986, Biographies & Memoirs, 927726, Subjects, 916520, Books, 928242, United States, 928244, 19th Century, 928258, 20th Century, 1199740, 21st Century, 928298, African Americans, 928308, Civil War, 928346, Colonial Period, 928356, Revolution & Founding, 928152, Americas, 927728, History, 927726, Subjects, 916520, Books, 930144, Cultural, 930142, Anthropology, 930140, Social Sciences, 5489589011, Politics & Social Sciences, 927726, Subjects, 916520, Books, 930192, Sociology, 16254821, AIDS, 16254811, Abuse, 16036811, Adults, 16036821, Aging, 16036801, Children, 274712011, Class, 16254851, Communities, 16036781, Culture, 930204, Death, 16036761, History, 16254831, Leisure, 930196, Marriage & Family, 51217011, Medicine, 16036831, Men, 16036851, Occupational, 930206, Race Relations, 930214, Religion, 16036771, Research & Measurement, 930198, Rural, 16254841, Social Groups, 16036791, Social Situations, 930200, Social Theory, 16036861, Suburban, 930202, Urban, 16036841, Women, 930140, Social Sciences, 5489589011, Politics & Social Sciences, 927726, Subjects, 916520, Books<

1998, ISBN: 9781570427008

Hachette Audio, 1998-11-01. Abridged. Audio Cassette. Used:Good., Hachette Audio, 1998-11-01, 0