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The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker
Author: Dorothy Parker
ISBN-13: 9780670010745
ISBN-10: 067001074X
Publication Date: 1/25/1973
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Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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...Men don't make passes at girls who wear glasses...just and example of Parker's biting wit. Either you love her or say 'huh?'
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Bernie avatar reviewed The Portable Dorothy Parker on
I love Dorothy Parker. She coined the phrase, "Men don't make passes at girls who wear glasses" Its a complete collection of her poems, stories and reviews. She is well worth the read.
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Short stories from an American classic author. Parker is always piercing and witty.
jscrappy avatar reviewed The Portable Dorothy Parker on + 59 more book reviews
I didn't know much about Dorothy Parker, besides a few of her famous bon mots, before I picked this book up, but I feel as though I know her much better now. This is not a happy book, but it's a funny book. The short stories in particular are well-told, and tend to run along the common themes of marriages and relationships gone wrong. The poems I found tedious after a while. The play and book reviews are very interesting, and I would have enjoyed reading more of them...Parker seems to have been a very intelligent and insightful reviewer.

The cover art on this Penguin Classics edition adds an extra element of enjoyment--the back cover and flaps are covered with cartoon men and women quoting lines from the stories and poems. This is a terrific collection from a talented but complicated writer.


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