sits down with Griffin Dunne to discuss “The Friday Afternoon Club,” his memoir of growing up in Hollywood and Manhattan set among larger-than-life characters, including his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne, his father Vanity Fair reporter Dominick Dunne and his best friend Carrie Fisher. Dunne has been an actor, producer, and director since the late 70s.
Copies of his book will be available for purchase from Brookline Booksmith. Dunne will sign following the conversation.General: $15.00WBUR’s Legacy Circle, Murrow Society, Sustainers and Members save $5.00 on in-person tickets to this event.To apply the discount to your ticket purchase online, you’ll need to enter a promo code. You can get your code by emailing membership@wbur.org.
At eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne’s legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe’s “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.” At sixteen, he got kicked out of boarding school, ending his institutional education for good.
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.
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