BOOK REVIEW BY CHRIS MICH: BOGIE AND ME – A LOVE STORY BY VERITA THOMPSON WITH DONALD SHEPHERD (1984)
A MINOR SPOILER REVIEW: Photo by Chris Mich. According to Verita Thompson, author of Bogie and Me, Humprey Bogart’s favorite meal was Ham and Eggs, Eggs Over Easy...with a Martini. I had this for lunch - minus the Martini - just to get this picture. Bogie And Me – A Love Story (1984) is a book about adultery. Primary author Verita Thompson had an adulterous affair with classic film legend Humphrey Bogart during one of her marriages and through the last two Bogart marriages. If you’re into reading celebrity dirt, this may be your book. Of course, Thompson posits the purpose of her book in a more noble light while wearing victim glasses. While she doesn’t deny her and Bogie’s actions, she claims to be forced to author a book to tell the true story before the tabloids do. Published in the conservative 1980s, Bogie and Me is an effort for Verita Thompson to save face and her restaurant business that she fears tabloid writers will destroy. And so, she’s beating them to the punch. Thomp
