{"product_id":"9781460761090","title":"House of Gucci [Film Tie-in]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE from director Ridley Scott, starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sensational true story of murder, madness, glamour, and greed that shook the Gucci dynasty, now fully updated with a new afterword.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn March 27, 1995, Maurizio Gucci, heir to the fabulous fashion dynasty, was slain by an unknown gunman as he approached his Milan office. In 1998, his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli--nicknamed \"The Black Widow\" by the press--was sentenced to 29 years in prison, for arranging his murder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid Patrizia murder her ex-husband because his spending was wildly out of control? Did she do it because her glamorous ex was preparing to marry his mistress, Paola Franchi? Or is there a possibility she didn't do it at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gucci story is one of glitz, glamour, intrigue, the rise, near fall and subsequent resurgence of a fashion dynasty. Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and widely acclaimed, \u003cem\u003eThe House of Gucci\u003c\/em\u003e will captivate readers with its page-turning account of high fashion, high finance, and heart-rending personal tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eTHE HOUSE OF GUCCI\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This \u003cstrong\u003egripping book\u003c\/strong\u003e about the empire and murder of Maurizio Gucci ... reveals the \u003cstrong\u003eugly truth\u003c\/strong\u003e behind fashion's most fabulous family.\" -\u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eGlamour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A business book you will zip through like a novel. ... Forden has whipped up a mixture of family drama and high finance into a tasty and complex narrative.\" -\u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/em\u003e, 'A Best Book of the Year'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eRacy, fast-paced\u003c\/strong\u003e. ... Reads like a movie script. ... \u003cstrong\u003eHard to put down\u003c\/strong\u003e. ... Forden gets that famous Gucci bar-and-bit between her teeth -and gallops along.\" -\u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eInternational Herald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A penetrating chronicle of the rise and fall of a family business. ... Even by the Borgia-like standards of the fashion industry, the operatic Guccis were special. Not content with the usual familial stew of love, jealousy and greed, they added tax evasion, bigamy and, yes, murder to the mix.\" -\u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eRiveting reading\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" -\u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eA riveting account\u003c\/strong\u003e of the talent and creative chaos that built one of the world's great luxury-goods empires--and the egotism, bitter family conflict, and incompetence that nearly destroyed it.\" -\u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fashion has never been so \u003cstrong\u003edramatic-and dangerous\u003c\/strong\u003e. The saga of three generations of the Gucci family opens with an execution-style murder in Milan and penetrates the world of one of the hottest fashion labels of our time. Fashion insider Sara Forden spins the tale of how a bunch of greedy, bickering Guccis lost control of the empire that made GG synonymous with loafers.\" -Teri Agins, author of \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eThe End of Fashion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eGlamour, greed, sex, style\u003c\/strong\u003e, and very, very good leather goods -- what more can you ask for (besides a 30 percent discount)?\" -Michael Gross,  bestselling author of \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eModel \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003e740 Park\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sara Gay Forden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46897474732181,"sku":"9781460761090","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460761090_85155c65-1648-4f8a-b5f0-4ac5042db86e.jpg?v=1776888574","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460761090","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}