John Gregory Dunne Summary

Critical Essay by Martin Duberman [In 1962 Cesar Chavez] founded the National Farm Worker's Association. It was the NFWA which jumped in to lead the grape pickers' strike that erupted n... Read more

Critical Essay by George Stade John Gregory Dunne, reporter, essayist, novelist, scriptwriter, wry observer of California mores, is best known for two of his five earlier books ["Vegas"... Read more

Critical Essay by Marion Glastonbury Early socialist fears of thought-control by business interests manipulating technology seem amply justified today. Modern American fiction is furnished with brand... Read more

Critical Essay by Adam Mars-jones Corruption in [Dutch Shea, Jr.] is more than a theme; it is something of an obsession, almost an infatuation…. There is much mutilation and decay, plentiful a... Read more

Critical Essay by Tracy Alig Presumably [Dunne's purpose in The Studio] was to give his readers an objective look at the phenomenon we know as Hollywood. How can anything about Hollywood be ob... Read more

Critical Essay by L. J. Davis John Gregory Dunne's Vegas begins: "In the summer of my nervous breakdown, I went to live in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada." It is a miracle he... Read more

Critical Essay by Bruce Cook John Gregory Dunne's [Vegas] is as good as it is difficult to classify. I've been trying to put a label of some sort on it ever since I finished it. He subt... Read more