The Friday Afternoon Club: The 'wise, funny and generous' New York Times bestsel

Description: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne A charming, hilarious account of Griffin Dunnes coming of age among a family of larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWise, funny and generous The TimesWarm and perceptive New York TimesSo honest and funny and smart ObserverGriffin Dunne knows how to tell a story Washington PostDunne is a prospector for the incandescent detail Los Angeles TimesFull of light, life and colour...a startling tale of precarious American privilege, spotlighting a family that is blessed and cursed GuardianAt eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didions legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfes The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. In his early twenties, he shared a Manhattan apartment with his best friend and soulmate Carrie Fisher while she was filming some sci-fi movie called Star Wars and he was a struggling actor selling popcorn at Radio City Music Hall. A few years later, he produced and starred in the now-iconic film After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese.In the midst of it all, Griffins twenty-two-year-old sister, Dominique, a rising star in Hollywood, was brutally strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend, leading to one of the most infamous public trials of the 1980s. The outcome was a travesty of justice that marked the beginning of their father Dominick Dunnes career as a bestselling author of true crime narratives.And yet, for all its boldface cast of characters and jaw-dropping scenes, The Friday Afternoon Club is no mere celebrity memoir. It is, down to its bones, a family story that embraces the poignant absurdities and best and worst efforts of its loveable, infuriating, funny and moving characters - its author most of all. Author Biography Griffin Dunne has been an actor, producer and director since the late 70s. Among his work, he produced and acted in After Hours, directed Practical Magic and the documentary The Center Will Not Hold about his aunt, Joan Didion. Griffin and his dog Mary live in the East Village of Manhattan. Review A generous, starry book that veers into deeper emotional waters than your standard chronicle of well-connected Hollywood...a novelistic and compelling account of a life, and a self-deprecating guide to the Dunnes many highs and lows. It is a fond yet riveting family portrait * Guardian *So honest and funny and smart...What a guy, I kept thinking, as I wolfed his book down -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *A first-rate memoirist...It is no small thing to write a bereavement memoir with the shadow of Joan Didion over your shoulder, but Dunne does not suffer for the comparison...[a] wise, funny and generous book * The Times *A riveting memoir...moving and effective -- Roger Lewis * Mail on Sunday *Warm and perceptive * New York Times *Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story * Washington Post *Dunne is a prospector for the incandescent detail * Los Angeles Times *Irish touchstones, such as wit, guilt and silence, are all here, spangled with late-20th-century Hollywood stardust . . . Heartbreaking and wry * Wall Street Journal *Captivating...beyond entertaining, honest in confronting heartbreaks and jealousies, often genuinely funny, and somehow understated... Dunnes storytelling is buoyant, his prose crisp; hes most definitely a writer * Booklist *Despite the glamorous backdrops in California and New York, the author portrays a family whose core human experiences make them universally relatable . . . A poignant love letter and evidence that through it all, genuine love is the backbone that keeps a family strong * Kirkus (starred review) *Dunnes writing is vivid, openhearted and full of a rich irony that inflects even the most emotional scenes. . . The result is a raucously entertaining homage to an unforgettable dynasty * Publishers Weekly *Joyful, tragic and resilient with a masterful, roving tone as varied as the actor-director-producer-authors restless career -- David DuchovnyA riveting and rollicking portrait of Dunnes unconventional family as well as a deeply considered reckoning with the tragedy that exploded within it. He is honest about himself, generous with others, and insightful about every glittering and dark aspect of his richly lived years. He is also - like the best entertainers - ridiculously funny. This is just a wonderful memoir. Period. -- Alexandra Styron, author of READING MY FATHERGriffin Dunne has given us a family history that is both humorous and heartbreaking. The Friday Afternoon Club is infused with the vitality that confidence in ones perceptions can bring and the ambiguity that accompanies the expense and strain of fame. Confessions of this order are works of art -- Susanna Moore, author of IN THE CUT and MISS ALUMINIUM Details ISBN1804710547 Author Griffin Dunne Pages 400 Publisher Atlantic Books Edition Description Main Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781804710548 Format Hardcover Imprint Grove Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience General Publication Date 2024-06-13 UK Release Date 2024-06-13 NZ Release Date 2024-08-19 ISBN-10 1804710547 DEWEY 791.43028092 Subtitle The wise, funny and generous New York Times bestseller We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160471208;

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