As an adult, Andrew put to good use the social manners dictated by his mother. Combined with innate charm and an almost photographic memory, Andrew quickly became a darling of rich, older men. Despite the deterioration of his parent's marriage, Andrew lived a life of wealth and ease. He envisioned himself a rising actor and when an occasional chance meeting with a celebrity occurred, Andrew quickly monopolized the person until the star fled to escape his obnoxious behavior. During a party a fleeting introduction to Gianni Versace sealed the death warrant for the renowned designer.
Nothing lasts forever.
Desperate, shunned, and broke, he seeks to lay the blame for his failures at the feet of others, and in doing so takes the lives of five innocent men. Wensley Clarkson, author of twenty-one books, takes the reader into the mind of an obsessed man warped by excess, and abused by those he loved. Despite the seemingly sympathetic nature of his upbringing, Andrew Cunanan does not engender those feelings in the reader. Born with gifts of charm, intelligence, looks, and personality, Cunanan turned these assets into avenues of degradation and debauchery.