{"product_id":"not-much-fun-the-lost-poems-of-dorothy-parker-9781439143179","title":"Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker","description":"\u003cb\u003eDuring the early years of her career, while struggling to \"keep body and soul apart\" (as she ruefully put it later), Dorothy Parker wrote more than three hundred poems and verses for a variety of popular magazines and newspapers.\u003c\/b\u003e Between 1926 and 1933 she collected most of these pieces in three volumes of poetry: \u003ci\u003eEnough Rope, Sunset Gun, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeath and Taxes.\u003c\/i\u003e The remaining poems and verses from America's most renowned cynic make up this volume. Eclectic and exuberant, these 122 once-forgotten gems display Parker's distinctive wit, irony, and precision, as she dissects early-twentieth-century American urban life and gleefully skewers a rich array of targets that range from personal foible to popular culture. With an authoritative, immensely entertaining, and critically acclaimed introduction by Stuart Y. Silverstein, \u003ci\u003eNot Much Fun\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential addition to the Dorothy Parker library and a welcome gift to her many admirers and devoted fans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439143179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 4.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Stuart Y. Silverstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197237031093,"sku":"9781439143179","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_50920f3c-274d-4857-85be-d985f58cf116.jpg?v=1769622697","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/not-much-fun-the-lost-poems-of-dorothy-parker-9781439143179","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}