This highly entertaining read gives an unforgettable glimpse into the life of one of the UK's most legendary showmen, rock stars and raconteurs ... A light-hearted romp through the pomposity of the music business and the joy of being alive

A frank and revealing portrait

Entertaining ... Meyers is a literary academic who also writes about film stars ... With Monroe and Miller, he combines his specialisms

Meyers's immaculately researched and clearly formulated investigation is based on a lifelong friendship between the author and Miller and is the result of hours of conversations with the playwright prior to his death in 2005

Here perhaps for the first time is a biographer who has got Marilyn's measure

A rigorously researched, incisively written and fascinating book

Meyers is very good

One of the least likely liaisons in showbiz, the marriage between Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller followed a predictable trajectory which Jeffrey Meyers illuminates with fascinating filigree.