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keepingupwiththepenguins-com-4998		Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Anita Loos — Keeping Up With The Penguins			.html	text/html	2372	177	78	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was a huge success immediately upon publication; the entire first print run sold out the first day it went into stores, it was a best-seller in thirteen different languages, and it counts among its fans James Joyce and Edith Wharton (who called it the Great American Novel). The book's full title is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady, and this edition also contains its sequel, But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, which was published two years later. Loos said she was inspired to write the book after watching her friend, intellectual H.L. Mencken, reduced to a character she likened to a love-struck schoolboy in the presence of a sexy blonde woman. The premise of the story is this: beautiful blonde Lorelei Lee decides to try her hand at writing a diary, because a gentleman friend suggested that her thoughts would make for an interesting book. Yes, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a recommended read here at Keeping Up With The Penguins.	./cache/keepingupwiththepenguins-com-4998.html	./txt/keepingupwiththepenguins-com-4998.txt