Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?

Written by:
Marion Meade
Narrated by:
Grace Conlin

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
4
Narrator
1
Release Date
January 2006
Duration
17 hours 15 minutes
Summary
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.
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Christian V.

I enjoyed this book a lot. Am familiar with Dorothy Parker through a film about her and a few of her one liners but not more. Having listened to the book I'm keen to read her stuff. Covered all the important points. Excellent narration! Got through it in a matter of days

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