Debenhams

Dorothy Parker

Constant Reader : The New Yorker Columns 1927-28 Paperback Book

£17.48
Colour: Multi
Size: One Size
Only 2 left in stock
Premier Logo
Enjoy unlimited delivery for an entire year for £7.49
Debenhams Shipping Insurance Logo
Peace of mind, guaranteed
Free & simple resale - recover value and give your items a second life
+14-day return extension
£5/day late delivery compensation
Full order coverage (lost, stolen, damaged) with instant payout on eligible claims
Learn More

“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer

Delivery Methods
Sold & Delivered by Ria Christie English Books
Eligible for return within 21 days. Plus 14-day extension when you purchase Debenhams Deliver+Exclusions apply. Please see our returns policy
paypal Iconclearpay Icondebenhams Icondebenhams Icon
18+, T&C apply. Credit subject to status.
See more
At a Glance
Legendary Dorothy Parker wit
Complete 1927-28 New Yorker columns
Timeless literary humor
Introduction by Sloane Crosley
Sharp takes on classics
Description

Dorothy Parkers complete weekly New Yorker column about books and people and the rigors of reviewing. When, in 1927, Dorothy Parker became a book critic for the New Yorker, she was already a legendary wit, a muchquoted member of the Algonquin Round Table, and an arbiter of literary taste. In the year that she spent as a weekly reviewer, under the rupic Constant Reader, she created what is still the most entertaining book column ever written. Parkers hot takes have lost none of their heat, whether shes taking aim at the evangelist Aimee Semple MacPherson (She can go on like that for hours. Can, helldoes), praising Hemingways latest collection (He discards detail with magnificent lavishness), or dissenting from the Tao of Pooh (And it is that word hummy, my darlings, that marks the first place in The House at Pooh Corner at which Tonstant Weader Fwowed up). Introduced with characteristic wit and sympathy by Sloane Crosley, Constant Reader gathers the complete weekly New Yorker reviews that Parker published from October 1927 through November 1928, with gimleteyed appreciations of the high and low, from Isadora Duncan to Al Smith, Charles Lindbergh to Little Orphan Annie, Mussolini to Emily Post

SKU: M9781961341258
Product Details & Care

Binding: Paperback;224 pages; Publisher: McNally Editions; Classification: DNF; Weight: 420 g; Dimensions: 128 x 215 x 17

Returns

Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027

Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.

Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.

Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.

Click here to view our full Returns Policy.

We Think You'll Like

Sponsored Products