“Andrew O’Hagan’s new novel, The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, is a miracle and will become a classic. But more than anything, it is a book utterly alert to the reader’s pleasure and that pleasure, so sheer and total, is what makes this book so special.”-Colm Tóibín It is filled with sly jokes, funny wisdom, and deep feeling for character and scene. “This is one of those rare books, written with such sureness of pace and lightness of touch that you find you have read a hundred pages without looking up. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Through the eyes of Maf we're provided with an insight into the life of Monroe herself, and a fascinating take on one of the most extraordinary periods of the twentieth century. The story of Maf the dog is a hilarious and highly original peek into the life of a complex canine hero - he was very much a real historical figure, with his license and photographs sold at auction along with Marilyn's other person affects. Not only a picaresque hero himself, he was also a scholar of the adventuring rogue in literature and art, witnessing the rise of America's new liberalism, civil rights, the space race, the New York critics, and was Marilyn Monroe's constant companion. Maf the dog was with Marilyn for the last two years of her life. He had an instinct for the twentieth century.
In November 1960, Frank Sinatra gave Marilyn Monroe a dog.
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