Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Picador Books) - Softcover

Loos, Anita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330267779 ISBN 13: 9780330267779

Publisher: Picador, 1982

Synopsis

Lorelei Lee and her best friend Dorothy take the world by storm in their search for the ideal suitor, the richer the better. Lorelei meets an American millionaire who might just be the one.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was made into a delightful classic film starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell (1953) and features the song 'Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend'.

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Review:

The great American novel. --Edith Wharton

The great American novel. --Edith Wharton"

First published by Liveright in 1925 and now brought back into print by the same house [Gentlemen Prefer Blondes] will find a new audience to delight, amaze and amuse Lorelei is a combination of insouciance, innocence and street savvy that is irresistible. --Valerie Ryan"

The great American novel.--Edith Wharton

Lorelei Lee s wide-eyed ditziness is nothing less than a joy forever.--Michael Dirda"

Lorelei Lee's wide-eyed ditziness is nothing less than a joy forever.--Michael Dirda

About the Author:

Born in California, Anita Loos (1893-1981) was herself a celebrity of the Jazz Age that produced Lorelei Lee. She began writing movie scripts by the time she was twelve, and before her death in 1981 she had written an enormous number of stories, screenplays, and more. She was also the author of an autobiography, A Girl Like I. Jenny McPhee is the author of A Man of No Moon, No Ordinary Matter, and The Center of Things. She lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0330267779
• ISBN 13: 9780330267779
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252