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One morning legendary wit Dorothy Parker discovers someone under Manhattan's famed Algonquin Round Table. A little early for a passed out drunk, isn't it? But he's not dead drunk, just dead. When a charming writer from Mississippi named Billy Faulkner becomes a suspect in the murder, Dorothy... read more
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- Dorothy Parker: Add a description of this character.
- Robert Benchley
- William Faulkner
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Bud Battersby
- Alexander Woollcott
- Robert Sherwood
- Knut Sanderson
- Billy Faulkner
- Mickey Finn
- Leland Mayflower
- William Dachshund
- Murphy
- Adams
- Harold Ross
- Neysa
- Dottie
- Marc Connelly
- Fairbanks
- Heywood Broun
- Frank Case
- Dempsey
- Tony Soma
- George Kaufman
- Lucy Goosey
- Woodrow Wilson
- Compson
- Neeley
- Aleck
- Maurice
- Dr. Norris
Setting & Locations edit
New York City
First Sentence edit
Dorothy Parker stared at the pair of motionless legs protruding from beneath the Algonquin Round Table.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Algonquin Round Table Mysteries. (standard series)
Followed by You Might As Well Die.
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- J. J. Murphy (Author)
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Page Count: 336
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- Dewey: 813
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- Number One Novels: Interview with J. J. Murphy about Murder Your Darlings, Murphy's writing process, and her road to publication.
- Algonquin Round Table Mysteries: Brief information about Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table.
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