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A review by claudiaswisher
Dorothy Parker Drank Here by Ellen Meister
4.0
Mrs. Parker is back...and she's as acid-tongued as ever. But she's lonely...she's lost her sweet puppy, Cliche, and she wants a companion in that inbetween life she lives, after death, but before going into the light.
She realizes an author who interviewed her just before her own death is holed up at the Algonquin Hotel...Ted Shriver is characterized so well, I actually looked him up online, certain he was real.
Shriver is dying, and if Parker can only get him to sign the fabled guestbook in the Blue Bar, she'll have a companion. But Norah Wolfe has other plans. She works for a talk show, and wants Ted to appear and tell the truth about the plagiarism scandal that ruined his career. She has a secret that she intends to share with no one, which gives purpose to her quest.
Norah is not a particularly likeable character...her sigle-minded pursuit seems so self-serving...There were times I got exasperated with her, but Mrs. Parker and her wit held me close and I continued the journey.
I loved the short chapters where Mrs. Parker greets others who have died...Lillian Hellman, especially. There was serious bad blood there. And Groucho Marx. Sweet portraits that added to the atmosphere.
The truth wills out -- and it's not what anyone expected.
I think Norah learns a lot from Dorothy Parker and Ted Shriver...I hope she's in a better spot now...
She realizes an author who interviewed her just before her own death is holed up at the Algonquin Hotel...Ted Shriver is characterized so well, I actually looked him up online, certain he was real.
Shriver is dying, and if Parker can only get him to sign the fabled guestbook in the Blue Bar, she'll have a companion. But Norah Wolfe has other plans. She works for a talk show, and wants Ted to appear and tell the truth about the plagiarism scandal that ruined his career. She has a secret that she intends to share with no one, which gives purpose to her quest.
Norah is not a particularly likeable character...her sigle-minded pursuit seems so self-serving...There were times I got exasperated with her, but Mrs. Parker and her wit held me close and I continued the journey.
I loved the short chapters where Mrs. Parker greets others who have died...Lillian Hellman, especially. There was serious bad blood there. And Groucho Marx. Sweet portraits that added to the atmosphere.
The truth wills out -- and it's not what anyone expected.
I think Norah learns a lot from Dorothy Parker and Ted Shriver...I hope she's in a better spot now...