Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 497
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ISBN-10 : 9781101462195
ISBN-13 : 1101462191
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Book Synopsis Dorothy Parker by : Marion Meade

Download or read book Dorothy Parker written by Marion Meade and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1989-03-03 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marion Meade's engrossing and comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century's most captivating women In 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.


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