Marilyn Monroe

“This biography from Casillo fleshes out the icon, telling Monroe’s tale in great and often harrowing detail and showing how the notorious blond pin-up was smarter and shrewder than most realize, yet just as tragic as we knew.” –New York Post, “Most Unforgettable Books of 2018”

“After all I’ve seen and heard about Marilyn Monroe, this book is a revelation, an earthy, empathic vision of a real woman who happened to be an ethereal goddess. Getting to know Charles Casillo’s Marilyn made me feel a level of identification and understanding that was devastating and thrilling.” –Mary Gaitskill

“A refreshing take on the complex and talented Monroe….A+.” –Tulsa Book Review

“Casillo explores the myriad facets of Monroe’s personality with a respectful but incisive eye…an intricately nuanced portrait of this misunderstood idol…A worthy addition to the Monroe canon.” -Booklist

“A well-written examination of the mystique of a woman who still fascinates decades after her untimely death.”–Publishers Weekly

“A deep dive into the model and screen legend’s glamorous but troubled life…[Casillo] pays particularly sympathetic attention to her emotional journey…a compelling exploration of a beguiling film icon’s life.” –Kirkus Reviews

“Extraordinary…Castillo’s sympathetic and psychologically nuanced Marilyn Monroe bio is compulsively readable and well researched.” –Shelf Awareness

“Charles Casillo has managed to further peel back the layers on one of our most complex modern day heroines.” –Stanley Buchthal, co-editor of Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters

Charles Casillo is the author of The Marilyn Diaries, The Fame Game, Boys, Lost & Found, and Outlaw: The Lives and Careers of John Rechy. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and many others. His movies include “Let Me Die Quietly” and “Fetish.”

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