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Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells
Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells: The Best of Early Vanity Fair | David Friend, Graydon Carter
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Offering readers an inebriating swig from the great cocktail shaker of the Roaring Twentiesthe Jazz Age, the age of GatsbyBohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells showcases unforgettable writers in search of how to live well in a changing era. Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter introduces these fabulous pieces written between 1913 and 1936, when the magazine published a Murderers Row of the worlds leading literary lights, including: F. Scott Fitzgerald on what a magazine should be Clarence Darrow on equality e. e. cummings on Calvin Coolidge D. H. Lawrence on women Djuna Barnes on James Joyce John Maynard Keynes on the collapse in money value Dorothy Parker on a host of topics, from why she hates actresses to why she hasnt married
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Gina
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Does anyone else's library do this? It's pretty clever!

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frozenplums
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My lovely TBR shelf ❤️ Looks like Vanity Fair is next!

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Oftencantdecide
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Went to the library a few days ago.

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