Picasso's Ghost

by Carole Mallory

Picasso’s Ghost tells the amazing true story of author, actress and model Carole Mallory, who fell in love with Picasso’s son Claude as he whirled her around a Manhattan dance floor, her heart lost in the rhythm of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.” This up-and-down relationship coincided with her career as a supermodel gracing the covers of Cosmopolitan, New York Magazine, and her work in such iconic films as The Stepford Wives and Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Her adventures in Hollywood, New York and Paris with such stellar lovers as Peter Sellers,Robert de Niro, Rod Stewart, Richard Gere and Norman Mailer make for an exciting and erotic read that will make the reader cheer for Mallory’s eventual happy ending. "The blow Carole suffered, the lobotomization of her once bright and charming father, could not have been more severe. It takes more than courage to survive a horror on that scale. I suggest that she was gifted as well, as an actress and as a keen observer, too, as a potential journalist and social commentator," Kurt Vonnegut

231 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 22, 2013

About the author

Carole Mallory (born 1942) is an American author, actress and former model who appeared in the films Looking for Mr. Goodbar and The Stepford Wives (1975 film). She was a mistress of writer Norman Mailer and kept notes and writings of this time, selling them to Harvard University in 2008 after the writer's death.

Reviews

[Pamela Brown Shore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carole has had a very full life. This book captures a slice of it during her long relationship with Claude Picasso, Pablo and Françoise Gilot’s son. I felt as if I was the author’s best friend while reading the book, that’s the type of storyteller she is. Her intimate stories about life in NYC, West LA, and Paris and the very famous people in the stories will keep you captivated to the very end. Ms. Mallory has had a rich life and she is a survivor - thankfully for us she’s also a journalist, a talented writer. We are lucky she has chronicled these stories through her books/memoirs. I am a follower of great female muses and Carole Mallory fits into this category comfortably. I look forward to reading all of her books.

[Karen Fiandaca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been into reading memoirs lately. This is about Picasso's son's girlfriend...lots of name dropping - too much graphic detail about her sex life - yet interesting slice of life.....

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I now know more about Claude Picasso's penis than I ever wanted to.