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Originally Posted by mariad
I would want John F. Kennedy biopic.
There are some interesting books that have come out lately about JFK.
JFK and the Masculine Mystique: tries to show how JFK's sex appeal was akin to that of a movie star and how others in his time--the Sinatra Rat Pack, Norman Miler, Hugh Hefner, Ben Bradlee, Ian Fleming, Kirk Douglas, and Tony Curtis--were of the same ilk. It's a somewhat forced argument, but the tidbits about JFK's sex life are fun to read.
The Kennedy Half Century: good read from Larry Sabato which is particularly strong on the details of the assassination and the Warren Commission.
The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The best book of the three, by Michael J. Hogan, shows how Kennedy constructed an image of himself, how the media was complicit in sustaining that image, and how after his assassination, his widow continued the charade.