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Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
by: Marion Meade

Used Price: £4.89

Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780749302580
ISBN: 0749302585
Label: Mandarin
Manufacturer: Mandarin
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 1989-11
Publisher: Mandarin
Studio: Mandarin
Sales Rank: 784732

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Editorial Review:

Synopsis:
This biography of one of America's great 20th century humorists traces her climb to celebrity status in New York during the 1920s and 1930s. It tells of her three broken marriages, her personal tragedies and her relationships with key figures like Lillian Hellman and Scott Fitzgerald.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- The light and the dark sides of a literary legend
Meade's book, obviously the result of years of research, takes the reader behind the public image of Dorothy Parker as just the rapier wit of the Algonquin Round Table to show us the complexity of her life. The joy and the tears are both well presented. This is a great read, even for those who are not familiar with Parker. A remarkable book about a remarkable woman.

Rating:

- Finally!
Work that is tip-top and about time, too. It's interesting that Meade is nearly able to mask the dog-like labor that has gone into this product with a magnificent matter-of-factness. Very Mrs. Parker; hoorah in every sense.

Rating:

- Candid, outrageous, sad and saucy...Just like Mrs. Parker!
"What Fresh Hell is This" was recommended to me by a co-worker. I found it to be a very easy read about a woman about whom we don't know much. It's at times touching--stories of her multiple suicide attempts; at times juicy--the tales of herself and her many friends like Robert Benchley, and at times, very forthright in letting us know that behind the wit of the Round Table was a woman who had many troubles in her life, but still manages to plow through. I recommend it to anybody who likes a light read about a lady whose style was anything but light. Five stars! Ron Caldwell

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