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J.J. Murphy
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Today is the day that Dorothy Parker died back in 1967. We don't choose to focus on the sadness of this event, but to celebrate her life... Cheers, Dorothy, wherever the hell you are!
One way you might consider celebrating Dorothy Parker's life is to read a poem, have lunch with friends, toast her name with a drink, or just think of something funny.
We also invite you to consider reading a new Al... read more »
One way you might consider celebrating Dorothy Parker's life is to read a poem, have lunch with friends, toast her name with a drink, or just think of something funny.
We also invite you to consider reading a new Al... read more »
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Murder Your Darlings (An Algonquin Round Table Mystery #1)
   3.40 avg rating — 159 ratings
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2011
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You Might As Well Die (An Algonquin Round Table Mystery #2)
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2011
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Hair of the Dog (Algonquin Round Table Mystery #1.1)
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An Algonquin Round Table Mystery
(3 books)
by J.J. Murphy (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 213 ratings
by J.J. Murphy (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 213 ratings
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| Brushing up on Poe... Looking forward to THE RAVEN, the movie, with John Cusack. | |
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is finished with Essential Tales and Poems: Great stuff. "The Pit and The Pendulum" blew me away.
I'm going to skip THE RAVEN movie, though. Probably won't match up with Poe's extraordinary writing.
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If you're a Dorothy Parker fan, you'll love this book. If you're a fan of 1930's movies (particularly stylish ones such as the Thin Man series), you'll love this book. It's not easy to pull off the wit of too many writers who drink too much, but J...
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is 50% done with Essential Tales and Poems: Just re-read "Murders in the Rue Morgue." What a great story! Only drawback is that you know who done it if you read it once before.
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I received a copy of this book through Goodreads' first-reads giveaways.
I enjoyed this mystery, and think it's even better than the first book in the series (a very good sign!). The author is finding Dorothy Parker's voice and the quotes blend in... " Read more of this review » |
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This is even better than Murder Your Darlings. Wow. I wish he'd write a book every week. Murphy is amazing! This book made me laugh out loud. And let's talk about the suspense...I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Don't ever stop writitng, Mr....
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“They migrated to the usual room on the second floor. Heywood Broun was there by the door, setting up bottles of gin, scotch and beer. Alexander Woollcott sat ensconced behind the round table (not THE Round Table). He shuffled the cards and stacked up poker chips.
Dorothy stopped in the doorway and watched what they were doing. 'You boys sure know how to treat a woman,' she said. 'Liquor in the front and poker in the rear.”
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
Dorothy stopped in the doorway and watched what they were doing. 'You boys sure know how to treat a woman,' she said. 'Liquor in the front and poker in the rear.”
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
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“They migrated to the usual room on the second floor. Heywood Broun was there by the door, setting up bottles of gin, scotch and beer. Alexander Woollcott sat ensconced behind the round table (not THE Round Table). He shuffled the cards and stacked up poker chips.
Dorothy stopped in the doorway and watched what they were doing. 'You boys sure know how to treat a woman,' she said. 'Liquor in the front and poker in the rear.”
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
Dorothy stopped in the doorway and watched what they were doing. 'You boys sure know how to treat a woman,' she said. 'Liquor in the front and poker in the rear.”
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
“Someone misdirected you [...] Most writers in New York don't do much writing. They spend their time talking and drinking bootleg liquor. That's what we do, at any rate.”
― J. J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
― J. J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
“Drink and dance and laugh and lie,
Love, the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)”
― Dorothy Parker, Death and Taxes
Love, the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)”
― Dorothy Parker, Death and Taxes
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Thanks, Michael. Hope you like the second in the series. Yeah, I've been thinking I have to do something about the Harlem Renaissance--Paul Robeson was an occasional member of the Round Table.
Looking forward to reading the next book in the series and when you do the baseball book. I wonder if a book having the Round Table connected with members of the Harlem Renaissance. (I just read a book about the history of Harlem. I attended City College of New York, you'd think I'd know a little about the place).
