Mary Astor's Purple Diary : The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 Paperback / softback
by Edward Sorel
Paperback / softback
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In 1965, a young, up-and-coming illustrator by the name of Edward Sorel tore away layer after layer of linoleum from the floor of his $97-a-month Manhattan apartment until he discovered a hidden treasure: issues of The New York Daily News and the Mirror from 1936, each ablaze with a scandalous child custody trial taking place in Hollywood starring the actress Mary Astor-and the journal in which she detailed her numerous affairs.
Thus began a half-century obsession that reached its peak in Mary Astor's Purple Diary, "a thoroughly charming" (The New York Times Book Review/) account of the scandal in which Sorel narrates and illustrates the travails of the Oscar-winning actress alongside his own personal story of discovering an unlikely muse. Now in a stunning paperback, featuring more than sixty ribald and rapturous original illustrations, Mary Astor's Purple Diary is the life's masterpiece of one of America's greatest illustrators.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages, 75 color illustrations
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:11/12/2020
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- ISBN:9781631493386
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages, 75 color illustrations
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:11/12/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781631493386