As a rule, I don't prefer to read novels using famous individuals as their protagonists. I'd rather draw my own impressions of the protagonist without any pre-packaged ones from what I read. An example is a novel featuring, say, Winston Churchill or Clark Gable as the main character since Churchill and Gable are already known to me. The author also didn't have to work real hard in establishing the protagonist. Of course, rules are made to be broken. Recently, I read a PI Nate Heller title by Max Allan Collins with Marilyn Monroe as a primary (though not the protagonist) character that I enjoyed quite a bit. The narrative was largely a historical fiction, a genre where the famous (and infamous) often come to the fore. I'm sure I've read other exceptions, maybe the topic for a future blog post.

Happy reading to you and yours!

By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey

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