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Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
| Title | Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? |
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| Date | 2025-01-04 06:23:47 |
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Desciption
Marion Meade's engrossing and comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century's most captivating womenIn this lively, absorbing biography, Marion Meade illuminates both the charm and the dark side of Dorothy Parker, exploring her days of wicked wittiness at the Algonquin Round Table with the likes of Robert Benchley, George Kaufman, and Harold Ross, and in Hollywood with S. J. Perelman, William Faulkner, and Lillian Hellman. At the dazzling center of it all, Meade gives us the flamboyant, self-destructive, and brilliant Dorothy Parker.This edition features a new afterword by Marion Meade. Read more
Review
I first became interested in Dorothy many years ago. As a writer I was in awe of her wit, although I didn't really know much about her. This biography by Marion Meade is thorough, detailed and compelling. It includes a good sprinkling of Dorothy's wittier quotes as well as a great collection of photographs. I was very happy with this purchase and although it has over 500 pages it is well worth the time invested. You really get to know Dorothy Parker and the times she lived in through Marion Meade's well-written and methodically researched book. I think I read it in 3 nights, and was loathe to put it down even though the hour was late and I had work in the morning. It actually prompted me to go ahead and buy "The Portable Dorothy Parker" - a collection of Dorothy's short stories and poems.
