num_pages: 337
description: Dorothy Herrmann's meticulously researched life of Perelman traces him from his Russian-Jewish immigrant family background, through Brown University where he formed an enduring friendship with Nathaniel West, and on to the @New Yorker' and Hollywood years. She reveals a comic genius whose private life was lived out in the long dark shadows.
language: English
title: S J Perelman a Life
titlecomplete: S J Perelman a Life
genres: Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 25
publisher: Papermac (Macmillan)