Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

New York in the 1920's. The only place to be was the Algonquin, and the only person to know was Dorothy Parker.

A nostalgic, witty portrait of Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table's golden age, suffused with melancholy beneath the clever banter and alcohol-fueled camaraderie.

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.