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Featuring a wealth of unpublished material, Andrew Wilson?s biography of Marilyn Monroe presents the actress in a startling new light. Told through 100 captivating snapshots, we are thrown into the glamorous but dangerous world of old Hollywood. We hear the voices of friends, lovers ? and enemies. In the concluding chapters, Andrew Wilson unpicks what happened on the night Marilyn died after a suspected drug overdose ? and investigates the rash of conspiracy theories that surround the star?s final moments. Were the Kennedys involved, or was she just let down by those closest to her? This is a revealing and nuanced portrait of the life, death and afterlife of an icon who still fascinates us today.

Andrew Wilson is an award-winning biographer, novelist and journalist. In 2003, his first book, Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith (Bloomsbury) won an Edgar Allan Poe Award and the LAMBDA Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize.

High quality bar by The Outside Inn (inc locally distilled spirits by Norton Barton Artisan Food Village) and delicious Serendip Sri Lankan Street food available at The Parkhouse Centre

Please bring cash for a raffle to support Bude Literary Festival and 'Read For Good' (A charity that provides storytellers for children in UK hospitals.

Stay on at The Parkhouse Centre to see another icon at 8pm - Janet Street-Porter! (separate ticket needed)

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