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Marion Meade
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born
January 07, 1934
in Pittsburgh, The United States
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An ingenious dual biography of a classic American author and an unlikely literary muse.
The romance between novelist Nathanael West (1903-1940) and Eileen McKenney (1911-1940) was tragically brief. They met in October 1939, married six months later and died in a car accident shortly before Christmas 1940. Consequently, only a fraction of the latest biography by Meade (Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gi... read more »
The romance between novelist Nathanael West (1903-1940) and Eileen McKenney (1911-1940) was tragically brief. They met in October 1939, married six months later and died in a car accident shortly before Christmas 1940. Consequently, only a fraction of the latest biography by Meade (Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gi... read more »
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Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
  4.11 avg rating — 910 ratings
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1987
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Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin Writers Running Wild in the Twenties
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2004
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography
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1977
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Stealing Heaven
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The Unruly Life of Woody Allen: A Biography
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2000
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Buster Keaton: Cut To The Chase
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1995
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Selected Readings from the Portable Dorothy Parker
by Marion Meade (Goodreads Author) , Lorna Raver 4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings
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2007
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Lonelyhearts: The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney
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2010
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Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth
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1980
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Sybille
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1983
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LONELYHEARTS: THE SCREWBALL WORLD OF NATHANAEL WEST AND EILEEN MCKENNEY (Biographies & Memoirs)
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A dual biography of the novelist Nathanael West and his wife, heroine of My Sister Eileen and Wonderful Town
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An unusual and very entertaining double biography. Unusual because the two subjects don't meet until almost the very end (and then promptly die together); entertaining because of the wonderful depictions of New York and the Midwest and Paris and H...
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location: The Corner Bookstore, 1313 Madison Ave. at 93rd St., new york, NY, The United States description: Reading, reception for Lonelyhearts, 6-8 pm, RSVP 212-831-3554 |
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Marion Meade
wrote LONELYHEARTS: THE SCREWBALL WORLD OF NATHANAEL WEST AND EILEEN MCKENNEY: IN THE HOTEL
"SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1930
THE LOBBY OF the Kenmore Hall Hotel was deserted at three in the morning. Its" …more |
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| Audiobooks: Winter 2010 | 185 | 218 | Apr 01, 2010 08:04pm | |
| Bright Young Things: Bobbed Hair & Bathtub Gin...Chapters 1-4 | 10 | 14 | May 12, 2011 09:09pm | |
| Bright Young Things: Bobbed Hair & Bathtub Gin...Chapters 5-8 | 2 | 6 | May 18, 2011 05:45pm | |
| Bright Young Things: Bobbed Hair & Bathtub Gin...Chapters 9-11 | 3 | 6 | May 19, 2011 09:10am | |
| Bright Young Things: Marion Meade - Bobbed Hair & Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties (Whole Book Thread) | 34 | 20 | May 23, 2011 04:05pm | |
| The History Book ...: WOMEN'S MOVEMENT | 41 | 117 | May 02, 2012 07:40pm |
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