5 results for '"Dawn Powell"'

A gorgeous new paperback of Dawn Powell’s razor-sharp comedy of manners, following a glittering tale of ambition and betrayal in prewar New York City. “Few books have so bitingly and energetically...

This scathing “comedy of manners” set in the 1940s “steers us through the lives of women who come to New York . . . for love, money, opportunity, and a good time” (New York Times).At the center of...

Joseph Mitchell was a legendary New Yorker writer and the author of the national bestseller Up in the Old Hotel, in which these two pieces appeared. What Joseph Mitchell wrote about, principally, was...

Shaken and Stirred is an enticing literary cocktail of stories about drinking and making merry by great writers from the past two centuries.             In this lively collection, wine snobs receive...

"I believe in the flapper as an artist in her particular field, the art of being – being young, being lovely." -- Zelda FitzgeraldA sparkling new collection of "flapper fiction": stories featuring...