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Based on a true story, the visit of Marilyn Monroe to Mexico, the author combines reality with fiction to celebrate a panorama of life in Mexico in 1962. Marilyn Monroe comes to Mexico in one of the worst moments of her life. Seriously depressed from drug and alcohol addiction and abandoned by her husband, Arthur Miller, she has an affair with Banos, a popular national figure in Mexico. As the novel progresses, Banos becomes aware of the fact that Marilyn is at the center of an international conspiracy. This novel is great reading, filled with international intrigue, political conspiracies, and social turbulence.
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287 pages
Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara, S.A. de C. -
Spanish Literature9789681903367
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Based on a true story, the visit of Marilyn Monroe to Mexico, the author combines reality with fiction to celebrate a panorama of life in Mexico in 1962. Marilyn Monroe comes to Mexico in one of the worst moments of her life. Seriously depressed from drug and alcohol addiction and abandoned by her husband, Arthur Miller, she has an affair with Banos, a popular national figure in Mexico. As the novel progresses, Banos becomes aware of the fact that Marilyn is at the center of an international conspiracy. This novel is great reading, filled with international intrigue, political conspiracies, and social turbulence.
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