Marilyn At Rainbow's End

Sex, Lies, Murder, and the Great Cover-up

Darwin Porter

AFTER 50 YEARS, THE FINAL VERDICT to HOLLYWOOD'S MOST PUZZLING MYSTERY---As an insight into the American experience of celebrity death, on the 50th anniversary of the murder of the Love Goddess, one of the most incisive journalists in Hollywood has compiled this intriguing roundup of the conspiracies and dark secrets behind Hollywood's most notorious mystery: WHO KILLED MARILYN? Back in 1962, her revelations at an imminent press conference could have toppled political dynasties and destroyed criminal empires. Marilyn had to be stopped...

In the aftermath of the shattering events of August 5, 1962, as Marilyn’s nude body--the object of the desire of literally thousands of men--was wheeled in for voyeuristic doctors to examine and dissect, a legend was already being born. This new book from Darwin Porter will change, forever, how the world interprets the death and legacy of the most famous actress to ever emerge out of Hollywood.

Paperback 9781936003297 $22.95
Category Biography

Imprint Blood Moon Productions

Publication Date 2012-06-16
Publication Status Forthcoming

Trim Size 7 x 10

Page Count 528

	“Darwin Porter is the master of guilty pleasures. There is nothing like reading him for passing the hours. He is the Nietzsche of Naughtiness, the Goethe of Gossip, the Proust of Pop Culture. Porter knows all the nasty buzz anyone has ever heard whispered in dark bars, dim alleys, and confessional booths. And lovingly, precisely, and in as straightforward a manner as an oncoming train, his prose whacks you between the eyes with the greatest gossip since Kenneth Anger. Some would say better than Anger.” (as quoted from Alan W. Petrucelli’s THE ENTERTAINMENT REPORT at Examiner.com) Porter began his career writing about politics and the entertainment industry for Knight Newspapers and The Miami Herald. Today, he’s one of the most prolific biographers in the world. His portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, J. Edgar Hoover, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Howard Hughes, John and Jackie Kennedy, Paul Newman, Merv Griffin, Steve McQueen, Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, and Michael Jackson have generated widespread reviews and animated radio and blogsite commentaries worldwide. Some of his biographies have been serialized to millions of readers in The Sunday Times of London and The Mail on Sunday. Porter is also the well-known original author of many editions of The Frommer Guides, a respected travel guidebook series that’s among the most prominent and well-respected in the world.
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Category	Biography
Imprint	Blood Moon Productions
Publication Date	2012-06-16

Publication Status	Forthcoming
Trim Size	7 x 10
Page Count	528