num_pages: 328
description: #1 bestseller for nonfiction in 1934. From Harpo Marx to murder, by a topper of the Algonquin Round Table. Included are his review of O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra," musings on his trip to Russia in the early 1930s, a view of the theatre in Peking (Beijing) and thoughts on Lillian Gish, Damon Runyon. A combo of '30s whimsy and acerbity.
language: English
title: While Rome Burns
titlecomplete: While Rome Burns
genres: Crime, History, Criticism, Essays, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 55
publisher: Amereon Ltd