Review: And the last laugh is Marilyn's... All Marilyn's...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2013
Loved it!  My read of `Fateful Night' came after reading the non-fiction, "The Agency: William Morris and the Hidden History of Show Business" by Frank Rose. This was my take-off point for reading this fiction and insider history about `Marilyn'. I appreciate the creative leap taken here by the authors Hughes and Burns.Norma Jean Dougherty was a film cutters daughter, who did not know her father and known to turn tricks during lean times. In the 40's she was eventually discovered by Johnnie Hyde of the William Morris Agency and refused to marry him as he made her into the star Marilyn Monroe. Eventually she attracted the likes of Author Miller, Joe D, Frank and others leading up to the time and events of the `Fatal Night' and the beginning of the delightful fiction, the portrayal of a fast evolving parallel universes of Marilyn dead, Marilyn alive.I say `delightful', because it all fits ... The imagination can run with any of suggested conspiracy, effectively inviting the reader to join in and participate with a grin and a giggle. I liked checking out this revised history, replacing what appears a string of clumsy conspiracy theory. I appreciate the intuition of Hughes and Burns to take the subject and create this very entertaining version of the `Fatal Night'. I particularly liked it when Marilyn demanded "...what the hell are you doing?" (*)  For me, the answer is "I was reading about you Marilyn."  And why not? Marilyn the profane, iconic, innocent portrayed on a 'Fateful Night' in this great fiction about her impatience with the rest of us ... The last laugh of course being all hers... (*) Hughes, K. R. ; Burns, T.L.  (2013-05-10). Fateful Night Book One (What She Knew Trilogy) (Kindle Location 448). Master Koda Select Publishing. Kindle Edition.