Author: Mailer, Norman
Title: Of women and their elegance.
Description: New York, Simon & Schuster. 1980. Hardcover. Ill.: Greene, Milton H.. Very Good. l 288 p. Readers' recommendation of this book: I'm a bit poorly read when it comes to Hollywood, so I don't know how much of this fictional biography of Marilyn is fictional and how much is biography. It feels very fictional, written as it is from her own perspective, though having said that Mailer does clear things up quite extensively in his afterword. It's a great read though. Mailer made me love this fictional Marilyn, made me want to watch more of her films - it's been years since I've seen one, and made me want to read a good biography as well. The text is accompanied by photos of Marilyn and other actresses in a kind of random way. Interrupted would be a better description if they weren't such great photos. I mean, they do interrupt the flow of text, but they're welcome interruptions for their beauty.

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