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How To Lose Your Life Love Exp (2000)

by Andrew O'Hagan(Favorite Author)

2.78 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0571215998 (ISBN13: 9780571215997)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

review 1: I enjoyed this book in much the same way that I enjoyed Woody Allen's film Midnight in Paris. In the film, the would-be, present-day novelist played by Owen Wilson is transported back in time to the Paris of Hemingway and Gertrude Stein, and in one memorable scene, even further back to the Paris of the Belle Epoque. In Hagan's book, Mafia, Marilyn's dog, is the omniscient narrator and companion, accompanying Marilyn through her interactions with various luminaries of the entertainment, literary, and political scene, witnessing Marilyn's attempts to be taken seriously as a serious actress and to escape the burden of her status as the world's leading sex symbol. As other readers have commented, I occasionally tired of the mock profundity of Maf's pronouncements but on the ... morewhole it was an entertaining read.
review 2: This was a strange book.Since my boyfriend bought his iPad, I've been borrowing his Kindle, since he doesn't need it anymore. And it's really opening up an opportunity for me to read ebooks, which I'm having trouble concentrating on when they're on the laptop.One of the books I've been wanting to read, is this, "The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe".A lifelong fan of Marilyn Monroe, who is my favorite actress, I always jump on the chance to read about her, novels like this too.And this is a strange one, told from the view of Marilyn's dog Maf. It's almost like it offers up glimpses of her life, and of Maf's life, not nessecarily from a start to a finish, but simply different portraits of her, and of artists around her, in different situations and places.Granted, it's a weird book, but it's endearing and insightful and philosophical, and I quite like it. It's not a pageturner, and it's taken me a while to finish it, also doubtlessly because of my adventures in antidepressants, but it is quite lovely. It's not like it's unputdownable, but it's a nice read nonetheless. I quite liked it. less

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