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Finstad had independently documented. Priscilla's suit resulted in a default judgment against Grant, whom Priscilla had sued for at least $ 10 million. He was ordered to pay $ 75,000. However, neither Finstad nor her publisher was a party to the lawsuit, and Finstad and her publisher say they stand by their account of the affair in the book. "Priscilla's secrets come rolling out,"
242:"a true American tragedy". Others described it as "hypnotic," ". . . a disquieting book about adultery, scams, misuse of power and attempted murder . . . a must-read." The paperback includes details about Minns' arrest for felony passport fraud, assisted by information provided by Finstad, who, reported the
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background along with their upbringing by an emotionless father (who blamed marriage for his lack of success) and a
Canadian drama-teacher mother is ... fascinating." "Award-winning biographer Suzanne Finstad doesn't shy away from Beatty's womanizing ways," wrote the critic Allan Hunter. "She does,
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was on several cities' bestseller lists, Priscilla filed a lawsuit against Currie Grant, denying his claim that she had sex with him in exchange for introducing her to Elvis
Presley. In the book, Finstad included excerpts from her taped joint interview with Grant and Priscilla Presley, who disagreed
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called it " compelling biography;" another reviewer described it as "an engrossing account of a complex individual ... periodically referring to the parallel lives of the brother-sister duo of Beatty and
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437:(London), which described it as a "seductive study of a perfectionist and overachiever," "well-researched and absorbing . . . undoubtedly the best star biography of the year.".
143:(1984), drawn from her experiences as a young law clerk and trial attorney investigating claims to the billion-dollar estate of industrialist, aviator and filmmaker
418:"a sad, penetrating portrait that juxtaposes the storybook myth . . . and the real story of what happened once the cameras stopped rolling.". In his review for the
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when she was 14 years old, their marriage, and her management of Elvis
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