Except that I'm not on holidays and I'm not actually reading, I'm listening in the car every day on my way to and from work. To an absolutely fabulous audiobook that puts our celebrity crazed, reality TV loving world into perspective: "Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Marriage of the Century."
Now I can't remember what inspired me to download this book, I think I did it after hearing an episode of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast that mentioned the book following her death last year and was intrigued. Up until then I'd had next to zero interest in Elizabeth Taylor and had barely heard of Richard Burton, but trust me this biography of a marriage, which is based on Richard Burton's diary entries and his love letters to Liz that she released to the authors, is a riveting read (or listen).
I will caveat the recommendation by saying that it's not a literary piece, but it is entertaining and a pretty incredble insight into a seriously extravagent lifestyle and a seemingly intense, ultimately devasting love affair.
Fascinating stuff! Or at least to me, in a very Vanity Fair, old Hollywood glamour kind of way.
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