Summary
Greta Garbo first met society photographer Cecil Beaton in Hollywood in 1932. Both were caught in turbulent same-sex affairs. Yet Garbo flirted and danced with Beaton, told him he was pretty, presented him with ‘a rose that lives and dies and never again returns’ and at dawn drove away in her black Packard. Cecil took the rose home to England, framed it in silver and hung it above his bed.
Fifteen years later Greta and Cecil met again. For her it was an idle flirtation. For him it fue…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780878867 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780878869 |
| Author: | Diana Souhami |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 251g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 26mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘Souhami sculpts the narrative to reflect her elegant ideas on the worship of images, the blurring of boundaries in love and art, and the riddle that is androgyny’ Observer.
‘Compelling reading’ Literary Review. * Literary Review *‘Diana Souhami has conveyed an almost palpable impression in this book of the enchantment of Garbo’s beauty’ Mail on Sunday. * Mail on Sunday *‘Souhami sculpts the narrative to reflect her elegant ideas on the worship of images, the blurring of boundaries in love and art, and the riddle that is androgyny’ Observer. * Observer *
About The Author
Diana Souhami
Diana Souhami is the author of Selkirk’s Island (winner of the Whitbread Biography award), The Trials of Radclyffe Hall (shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Biography and winner of the US Lambda Literary Award), the bestselling Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter (also winner of the Lambda Literary Award and a New York Times ‘Notable Book of the Year’). Her latest book is Murder at Wrotham Hill. She lives in London and Devon.
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