{"product_id":"9780440225850","title":"Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U. S. History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the FX true crime series \u003ci\u003eAmerican Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace,\u003c\/i\u003e from creator Ryan Murphy and starring Edgar Ramirez, Penelope Cruz, Darren Criss, and Ricky Martin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo months before Gianni Versace was murdered on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by Andrew Cunanan, award-winning journalist Maureen Orth was investigating a major story on the serial killer for \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. Culled from interviews with more than four hundred people and insights from thousands of pages of police reports, Orth tells the complete story of Cunanan, his unwitting victims, and the moneyed, hedonistic world in which they lived . . . and died. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fascinating detail, she reveals how Cunanan met his superstar victim, why police and the FBI repeatedly failed to catch Cunanan, and why other victims’ families stonewalled the investigation, as well as the controversial findings of the Versace autopsy report. Here is a gripping odyssey that races across America—from California’s wealthy gay underworld to modest Midwestern homes of families mourning the loss of their sons to South Beach and its unapologetic decadence. \u003ci\u003eVulgar Favors\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a masterwork of investigative journalism and a riveting account of a sociopath, his crimes, and the mysteries he left along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eVulgar Favors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[An] exhaustive deconstruction of Andrew Cunanan’s five murders . . . The breadth and thoroughness of Orth’s research are often staggering.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fascinating . . . ripe with chilling detail . . . paints a disturbing picture.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fascinatingly detailed account.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It will hook you from the first page and never let you go.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eVulgar Favors\u003c\/i\u003e by Maureen Orth might be called the complete Cunanan. . . . She [has] an indefatigable hunger to know everything.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A detailed page-turner.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSt. Paul Pioneer Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An exceptionally good account of suspected serial killer Andrew Cunanan’s spree in 1997 . . . Orth tells this twisted story with grace and courage.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Orth has an inviting, readable style.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eOakland Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The definitive book on the July 15, 1997 murder of Versace.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSun-Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An exhilarating journalistic chronicle of Cunanan’s crime and flight . . . The book is charged with adrenaline and the pages just seem to turn themselves.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLesbian and Gay New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012726931696,"sku":"9780440225850","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780440225850_p0.jpg?v=1763701844","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780440225850","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}