Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
by Marion Meade
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Author: Marion MeadeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1989-03-03
ISBN: 0140116168
Number of pages: 458
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Reviews of Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
Book Review: A fine look back at an astounding woman
Summary: 5 Stars
This biography of Dorothy Parker is well-researched and well-written. I knew very little about her but now want to read more. Also, visited the Algonquin Hotel which is still lovely and saw the movie "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle". Her life reminded me how some people pack a lot into their lives, much more than the rest of us. The book was recommended by my daughter who is an editor-in-chief for many magazines at the Meredith Corporation. I will continue to take her advice!
Summary of Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
Dorothy Parker was known for her outrageous one-liners, her ruthless theater criticism, her clever verses and bittersweet stories, but there was another side to Dorothy Parker--a private life, set on a course of destruction. She suffered through two divorces, a string of painful affairs, a lifelong problem with alcohol, and several suicide attempts.In this lively, absorbing biography, Marion Meade illuminates both the dark side of Parker and 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 Lilian Hellman. At the dazzling center of it all, Meade gives us the flamboyant, self-destructive, and brilliant Dorothy Parker.
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