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Marilyn: Protestant, Catholic And Jew

BY JEFFREY MEYERS HUTCHINSON, £20 M arilyn Monroe wanted to be loved for herself, but didn’t know who that real self was, says Jeffrey Meyers in his gracefully written, lively......

Swapping Baby Milk For A Mug Of Absinthe

The Knot of Vipers BY FRANQOIS MAURIAC D o Catholics generally nurture more venom within the bosom of the family, or is it merely that Catholic writers have a more developed......

Pygmy By Chuck Palahniuk (jonathan Cape, £12.99) Chuck...

known for his scathing, acerbic and coruscating screeds against modern life. Like William Burroughs and Jonathan Swift’s before him, Palahniuk’s brand of shocking extremism......