Dorothy Parker
- Author Marion Meade
- Narrator Grace Conlin
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 January 2006
- Run Time 17 hours and 16 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Biography: general, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: writers, Gender studies: women and girls.
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What to expect
She was known for her outrageous one-liners, her ruthless theater criticism, her clever verses and bittersweet stories. But there was another side of Dorothy Parker: a private life set on a course of destruction 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 sides of the fascinating Parker: her dark days, as well as her days in the sun at the Algonquin Round Table with 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.
Critics Review
“A compelling and somewhat frightening tale…Meade is also to be applauded for a great feat of detective work.”
“An intensely readable biography…Wonderfully full, richly researched.”
“Meade’s lively biography recounts the unhappy life of the wise-cracking versifier, short story writer and critic…So detailed is Meade’s book that this, one imagines, is the last time a biographer will need to explain why so talented a writer could at the same time be so nasty a human being.”
“This well-read, well-written biography caresses your ears like a tautly written novel. Conlin, whose voice is both rich and melodious, reads with great style.”
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