Barking for the Blonde

The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of his friend Marilyn Monroe

This is the award-winning O’Hagan’s fourth novel. Maf is a well-researched character, and O’Hagan’s meticulous style is highly quotable. We follow Maf from his early years in Britain to his American life in the chaotic household of Natalie Wood’s parents.

Maf knows Marilyn more intimately than anyone: “The Marilyn I knew was smelly and fun and an artist to the very end of her fingertips.”