- 352 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
• Taut, magnificent prose: Mercurio's premise—to chronicle Kennedy's exploits, political and sexual, through the President's own anguished but self-centered perspective—is bold to the point of hubris, but he succeeds in spades. The writing is elegant, spare, and wry; the narrative is exquisitely paced. The book's ending is emotionally shattering—empathetic, redemptive, and shocking.• Startlingly revisionist portrait of JFK: We see Kennedy at his best, as a visionary statesman, a former soldier turned moral pacifist, a loving parent and devoted husband. And we see him at his worst, as a compulsive philanderer whose countless conquests—of movie stars, socialites, secretaries, and interns—ruined hundreds of lives. • Amazing cast of characters: They are all here: Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Judith Campbell, LBJ, Fiddle and Faddle, Eisenhower, and perhaps most memorably, Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Colophon
- ALSO BY JED MERCURIO
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- THE SUBJECT
- THE GULF
- THE FIRST LADY
- THE MOON
- THE TRANSACTION
- THE BUTTON
- THE WALL
- THE BATS
- THE SCHLONG
- THE GULF (2)
- THE LETTERS
- THE DESSERT
- THE PUSH
- THE CHAMBER
- THE BRACE
- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR