From one of England's wittiest writers, a "captivating, glittering, engaging, entertaining confection" (Michiko Kakutani, TheNew York Times) of 101 unlikely encounters between pairs of historical figures from Salvador Dali and Sigmund Freud to Marilyn Monroe and Frank Lloyd Wright. IMAGINE THESE UNLIKELY--BUT TRUE--ENCOUNTERS: Martha Graham and Madonna Igor Stravinsky and Walt Disney Frank Lloyd Wright and Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe and Nikita Khrushchev President Richard M. Nixon and Elvis Presley Harpo Marx...
From one of England's wittiest writers, a "captivating, glittering, engaging, entertaining confection" (Michiko Kakutani, TheNew York Ti...