The Economist (US), February 27th, 1988
NICHOLAS ROEG'S film "Insignificance made a joke of the idea of Marilyn Monroe chatting with Albert Einstein. The joke, as Graham McCann suggests in this scholarly and intriguing book, is on Mr Roeg. It was not for decoration that Miss Monroe kept Locke and Proust on her shelves. She was found reading Rilke after a long day at the studio. Until publicity forced her to drop out, she attended courses on Renaissance literature at the University of California.
Was this simply a pathetic desire to impress? Mr McCann thinks not. The problem, as he sees it, lies not with Monroe, but with the novel...
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