O’Hagan gives us a sharp picture of American cultural life in the early 1960s, where celebrities parade through parties, get-togethers and soirées that Marilyn attends. Maf’s cuteness, affability and portability make him an ideal companion for Marilyn but also provide the means for him to overhear intimate conversations that she has with a number of her famous friends. While Maf starts his new life in the plush surroundings of Sherman Oaks, he quickly moves on to Sinatra and then to Marilyn Monroe. Gurdin, who turns out to be the mother of Natalie Wood (née Natasha Gurdin). Maf is brought over to Los Angeles by a Mrs. Maf (short for Mafia Honey), a Maltese Bichon born in Scotland, gives us insights into his privileged life-and discourses on everything from politics to psychiatry to contemporary art-as he passes as a gift from Frank Sinatra to Marilyn Monroe.
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