Coming in early October, Edward Sorel‘s latest: Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 (Liveright).
From the publisher:
In a hilarious send-up of sex, scandal, and the Golden Age of Hollywood, legendary cartoonist Edward Sorel brings us a story (literally) ripped from the headlines of a bygone era.
Link here to Mr. Sorel’s New Yorker work.
Link here to Mr. Sorel’s website.
Note: Mr. Sorel will be joining me in discussion at Columbia’s Butler Library on Monday, April 18th @ 6 pm. Our topic: Peter Arno