Palm Beach Babylon
Murray Weiss, Bill Hoffman, Ann Weiss. Pinnacle Books, $4.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-55817-763-5
Two New York Post reporters regurgitate sex scandals of the resort town. (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 11/01/1993
Genre: Nonfiction
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