The Late Mrs. Dorothy Parker

by Leslie Frewin and Book

Hardback book with dust jacket titled THE LATE MRS. DOROTHY PARKER. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0025413104
• ISBN13: 9780025413108
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Thin line between witt and menace

Its fascinating to read interesting book about quitte anoying character: supposedly sharp and witty Dorothy Parker was not one of the most loved persons between her contemporaries and at the end she was left alone because nobody had energy to deal with her.Leslie Frewin wrotte very interesting biography: he is clearly fascinated with his subject but he is not covering her weknesses under the rug and althought its said that nobody ever knew real Dorothy Parker,somehow the picture of insecure woman who had protect herself with sarcasm and menacing jokes eventually emerges from these pages.Parker could be funny occasionally but it gets tiresome after some time - people who are loved and find their satisfaction in life dont have a need to critisize everything under the sun,and Parker had her share of "issues" - yes,she was life & soul of the party,but nobody really wanted her around after the party was finished.Frewin gives clear picture of jet-set in 1920's and some of the characters in the background (Lillian Helman,Hemingway,F.Scott Fitzgerald) are as fascinating and important as the main subject.