The Anthony Summers Collection: Goddess, Not in Your Lifetime, and Official and Confidential

by Anthony Summers

Marilyn, JFK, Three provocative works of investigative journalism by a New York Times–bestselling author and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.  New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Summers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for his acclaimed account of the 9/11 attacks, The Eleventh Day. In these three exposés, Summers uncovers the truth behind the myth-making, cover-ups, and lies surrounding the death of Marilyn Monroe, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the career of infamous FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.   In this “remarkable” New York Times–bestselling biography of the iconic star’s brief life and tragic end, Summers establishes, after years of rumors, that President Kennedy and his brother Robert were both intimately involved with Monroe in life—and in covering up the circumstances of her death (The New York Times).   “Convincing evidence of a crude but effective cover-up which was designed to protect Robert Kennedy.” —The Times Literary Supplement  Not in Your Updated fifty years after the JFK assassination, Summers’s extensively researched account is comprehensive and candid, shedding new light on Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby in particular, providing “the closest we have to that literary chimera, a definitive work on the events in Dallas” (The Boston Globe).   “Fresh and important . . . We rush on through [Summers’s] narrative as if we were reading an artful thriller.” —The New York Times   “An awesome work, with the power of a plea as from Zola for justice.” —Los Angeles Times  Official and This “enthralling” New York Times–bestselling portrait of J. Edgar Hoover plumbs the depths of a man who possessed—and abused—enormous power as the director of the FBI for fifty years, persecuting political enemies, blackmailing politicians, and living his own surprising secret life, haunted by paranoia (Paul Theroux).   “An important book that should give us all pause, especially policy makers.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer   “Summers’ book is not just a history of a single hero-sized hypocrite, it is a history of a vast national delusion.” —The Spectator

1910 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 10, 2018

About the author

Anthony Summers is the bestselling author of eight nonfiction books. His investigative books include Not in Your Lifetime, the critically acclaimed book about the assassination of John F. Kennedy; Official & Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover; and most recently The Eleventh Day, on the 9/11 attacks—a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for History.

Reviews

[Douglas Fugate · Rating 5 out of 5]

the collection, if nothing else, leads one to the conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was a Patsy. From these three biographies you learn how all three individuals were involved with each other. Also, how the actions of Lee Harvey Oswald, sometimes on the very outer edges and sometime at the forefront, of each of these celebrities was manipulated by a press that was "fed" the news. None of these stories present abiding confidence in American public media or the government offices.