Marilyn is … genius. Up to now we’ve had mostly contradictory views of Monroe. With his fox’s ingenuity, Mailer puts her together and shows how she might have been torn apart ...

Marilyn is great as only a great writer using his brains and feelers could make it ... a runaway string of perceptions ... You read him with a heightened consciousness because his performance has zing. It’s the star system in literature; you can feel him bucking for the big time, and when he starts flying it’s so exhilarating you want to applaud ...

This brilliant book ... a feat.

Fascinating … inspired

Mary Helen Bowers is wonderful!

Nothing – or no one – has transformed my body the way Mary Helen Bowers’ Ballet Beautiful program has.

Shows off a celebrity fitness trend that could just be the next Pilates.

I can see a marked improvement in my posture and tone.

A loving and detailed biog

Cute on the machinations of the industry and internal band politics

Brilliant... forensically put together

The real pleasure of his beguiling, meandering narrative is not the destination but the rococo scenery en route. ****