The Empty Glass Paperback by J.I. Baker

Product Details

• Publisher: Plume (2013-04-30)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 336 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780142196786
• Item Weight: 254.02 grams
• Dimensions: 7.97 x 5.32 x 0.75 cm

“J. I. Baker takes a bold run into Cain and DeLillo territory and scores.” —Barry Gifford, author of Wild at Heart

In the early-morning hours of August 5, 1962, Los Angeles County deputy coroner Ben Fitzgerald arrives at the home of the world’s most famous movie star, now lying dead in her bedroom. There he discovers The Book of Secrets—Marilyn Monroe’s diary—revealing a doomed love affair with a man she refers to only as “The General.” In the following days, Ben unravels a cover-up that implicates the Kennedys, the Mafia, and the CIA.

Soon the sinister and surreal accounts recorded in The Book bleed into Ben’s own life, and he finds himself trapped—like Monroe—in a deepening paranoid conspiracy. A knockout combination of fact and legend, The Empty Glass is a riveting debut thriller.

About the Author

J.I. Baker began his journalism career covering New York City clubs for Time Out New York, the weekly magazine he helped launch. There, he interviewed the likes of David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Jason Starr, Peter Straub, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ethan Hawke. He then went to US magazine, where he edited Chuck Palahniuk, among others, before becoming deputy editor at Glamour. He spent four years at Real Simple and then became development editor at Time Inc. After two years as executive editor at Condé Nast Traveler, he is now a contributing editor.