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02/12/1998 at 12:00 AM EST

A tell-all book about slain fashion designer Gianni Versace, by Little, Brown and Co., even though copies were already shipped to reviewers. Offering no explanation for the 11th-hour decision, a spokeswoman for the publisher said British author Christopher Mason had withdrawn the manuscript of "Undressed: The Life and Times of Gianni Versace."