The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe - Brossura

O'Hagan, Andrew

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ISBN 10: 054752028X ISBN 13: 9780547520285

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2011

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In November 1960, Frank Sinatra gave Marilyn Monroe a dog. His name was Mafia Honey, or Maf for short. He had an instinct for celebrity. For politics. For psychoanalysis. For literature. For interior decoration. For Liver Treat with a side order of National Biscuits.

Maf was with Marilyn for the last two years of her life, first in New York, where she mixed with everyone who was anyone—the art dealer Leo Castelli, Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio crowd, Upper West Side émigrés—then back to Los Angeles. She took him to meet President Kennedy and to Hollywood restaurants, department stores, and interviews. To Mexico, for her divorce.

With style, brilliance, and panache, Andrew O’Hagan has drawn a one-of-a-kind portrait of the woman behind the icon, and the dog behind the woman.

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Praise for The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog:

"O'Hagan gives us a sharp picture of American cultural life in the early 1960s...Maf absorbs it all with canine verve and abandon, offering his own considerable insights into the mix as well...An unusual, quirky and fun read." --Kirkus Reviews (starred)

"Witty....This familiar slice of Americana gets a much-needed shaking up from an erudite pooch." -- Publishers Weekly (Pick of the Week)

"Andrew O'Hagan's new novel The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog is a miracle and will become a classic. I loved, loved it. If only Marilyn Monroe were alive to read it."- Edna O'Brien
“It's brilliant, the novel, a joy to read. Moving, and very funny - and sad. Maf is wonderful. And so is Marilyn. That 'scene' with her analyst is extraordinary; I was chewing my foot reading it....The whole novel is great and I'm proud to know the man who wrote it.”  - Roddy Doyle
“This is one of those rare books, written with such sureness of pace and lightness of touch that you find you have read a hundred pages without looking up. It is filled with sly jokes, funny wisdom, and deep feeling for character and scene. But more than anything, it is a book utterly alert to the reader's pleasure; and that pleasure, so sheer and total, is what makes this book so special.”- Colm Tóibín

UK praise:

“Andrew O'Hagan's novel perfectly captures the legendary actress. There are numerous scenes between famous people, some of whom I have known, and O’Hagan makes the dialogue sound absolutely authentic... There is a small but impressive tradition of canine narrators, but I can’t imagine there was ever a dog as erudite and well spoken as dear old Mafia Honey. Enthralling.”
-Peter Bogdanovich, Daily Telegraph

"What a dog, and what a life...Splendid...Andrew O’Hagan has taken on the voice of a dog to write a subtle, funny and moving study of America on the eve of one its periods of greatest crisis. Maf the Dog, like Lolita, like The Great Gatsby, is a threnody for lost innocence. Maf is a shrewd observer of the modern age and of the American century, a veritable Tocqueville for our times."-John Banville, Guardian

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A One-of-a-Kind Portrait of the Woman Behind the Icon, and the Dog Behind the Woman

“[Maf] will make your heart stop—as will O’Hagan’s writing, which is as clear and lovely as the Blonde Bombshell’s seductive laugh.”—Marie Claire

“A very real contender for the wittiest, wisest, most winning book of the year.”—Parade

In 1960, Frank Sinatra gave Marilyn Monroe a dog. A scrappy Maltese Terrier, Maf was with Marilyn the last two years of her glittering but turbulent life. He had an instinct for celebrity. For politics. For psychoanalysis. For liver treats with a side order of National Biscuits. And here, through his eyes, ears, and wet nose, O’Hagan offers us a Marilyn that no paparazzo, devotee, or lover could, in a rollicking and revelatory voice worthy of her legacy.

“Maf the Dog, like Lolita, like The Great Gatsby, is a threnody for lost innocence. Maf is a shrewd observer of the modern age and of the American century.”—John Banville

“A marvelously entertaining, smart and insightful look at stardom, loneliness and loyalty . . . O’Hagan turns that little dog into an engaging, witty and often surprising narrator.”—St. Petersburg Times

ANDREW O’HAGAN was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His previous novels have been awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the E. M. Forster Award.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 054752028X
• ISBN 13: 9780547520285
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 277