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Griffin Dunne on His Joyful and Tragic Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne on His Joyful and Tragic Family Memoir

FromThe Book Review


Griffin Dunne on His Joyful and Tragic Family Memoir

FromThe Book Review

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jun 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Every family has its stories, and every family has its drama — and some families, like the one the actor and director Griffin Dunne was born into, have an excess of both. His uncle was the writer John Gregory Dunne, his aunt was Joan Didion and his father was Dominick Dunne, who became famous for his Vanity Fair dispatches from the trial of the man who killed his daughter (and Griffin’s sister) Dominique.On this week’s episode of the Book Review podcast, Dunne talks about his book, “The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir.” Of waiting to write it until his father, uncle and aunt had died, Dunne said he needed the distance: “I had the perspective on just how remarkable those three were as writers, what an influence they had on my life.” 
Released:
Jun 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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The world's top authors and critics join host Pamela Paul and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.