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Why did Norman Mailer stab his second wife at a party Who was Edith Whartons secret transatlantic lover What motivated Anas Nin to become a bigamist Writers Between the Covers rips the sheets off these and other real-life love stories of the literatisome with fairy tale endings and others that resulted in break-ups, breakdowns, and brawls. Among the writers laid bare are Agatha Christie, who sparked the largest-ever manhunt in England as her marriage fell apart Arthur Miller, whose jaw-dropping pairing with Marilyn Monroe proved that opposites attract, at least initially and T. S. Eliot, who slept in a deckchair on his disastrous honeymoon.From the best break-up letters to the stormiest love triangles to the boldest cougars and cradle-robbers, this fun and accessible volume reveals literary historys most titillating loves, lusts, and longings.