November 2006

Offbeat Travel

You are in for a treat, especially if you are a fan of Dorothy Parker.
This book takes you back to the New York City of her time and you will
never be the same after reading this book.

The longing to have lived then overtakes you almost from the first page.
The excitement, the insanity, the brilliance of Dorothy Parker and her
cohorts comes alive right before your eyes. The author, Kevin Fitzpatrick,
is the founder of the Dorothy Parker Society and he leads walking tours of
the Algonquin Round Table homes and haunts in Manhattan. He knows all of
the stories good and bad, happy and sad and he tells those stories to you,
showing you the places and archival photos from the time and place of each
one.

The book is creatively illustrated not only with photos but also with
pictures of the artwork, posters, and design of the period. And the very
best part is that so many of these places actually still exist. The book
provides you with street maps and diagrams and makes everything you are
dreaming of doing possible. I am a Dorothy Parker fan and I loved this
book.

short review:
You are in for a treat...you will never be the same after reading this
book.