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

By: Andrew O'Hagan

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Synopsis: Meet Maf: The hilariously opinionated, well-read, politically scrappy, and complex canine companion to Marilyn Monroe. In November 1960, Frank Sinatra gave Marilyn Monroe a dog. His name was Mafia Honey, or Maf for short. Born in the household of Vanessa Bell, brought to the United States by Natalie Wood's mother, and given as a Christmas present to Marilyn the winter after she separated from Arthur Miller, Maf was with Marilyn for the last two years of her life, first in New York and then in Los Angeles, and he had as much instinct for celebrity and psychoanalysis as he did for Liver Treat with a side order of National Biscuits. Marylin took him to meet President Kennedy and to Hollywood restaurants, to department stores, to interviews, and to Mexico for her divorce. Through Maf's eyes, we see an altogether original and wonderfully clever portrait of the woman behind the icon--and the dog behind the woman.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780547504407
Related ISBNs:: 9780547520285
Publisher:: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date of Addition:: 07/22/14
Copyrighted By:: Andrew O'Hagan
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Animals, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:: N/A
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.