Mary Astor's Purple Diary The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936

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.

ISBN:	9781631493386
Publisher:	Liveright
Imprint:	Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published date:	17 Nov 2020
DEWEY:	791.43028092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	176
Weight:	408g
Height:	153mm
Width:	224mm
Spine width:	20mm

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