The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe by Andrew O'Hagan | Book review

John Banville admires Andrew O'Hagan's act of canine ventriloquismNot the least of the surprises awaiting readers of this unexpectedly high-toned novel is its opening: "My story really begins at Charleston, a perfect haunt of light and invention that stands in the English countryside." Charleston, the fragrant East Sussex domicile of Bloomsbury leading lights Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, is a far cry surely from the succession of foster homes and orphanages through which Norma Jeane Mortenson ...

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