Life Itself! |
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| Author:
| Dundy, Elaine |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86049-513-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2001 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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| Imprint: | Virago Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Elaine Dundy, a New Yorker born in the 1930s, is the author of
The Dud Avocado, based on a year she spent in Paris. Here she presents her memoirs which begin in classy apartments on Park Lane before the Crash, include a wild and funny time as an actress in Paris and London, and reveal all about her disastrous marriage to theater critic Kenneth Tynan. Her literary and theatrical circle--which included Peter Finch, Tennesse Williams, Hemingway, and Gore Vidal--is...
More Description Elaine Dundy, a New Yorker born in the 1930s, is the author of The Dud Avocado, based on a year she spent in Paris. Here she presents her memoirs which begin in classy apartments on Park Lane before the Crash, include a wild and funny time as an actress in Paris and London, and reveal all about her disastrous marriage to theater critic Kenneth Tynan. Her literary and theatrical circle--which included Peter Finch, Tennesse Williams, Hemingway, and Gore Vidal--is presented along with poignant remembrances of growing up in America in the 40s, and a literary and theatrical life in Paris and London.