She argued with Hemingway, slept with Fitzgerald, and soused with Capote In the Roaring Twenties, she was the queen of New York. Her sharp tongue and biting wit became legend. She argued with Ernest Hemingway, slept with F. Scott Fitzgerald and drank with Truman Capote. Dorothy Parker wrote for "Vogue," "Vanity Fair," and the "New Yorker" and belonged to the legendary round table of the Algonquin Hotel, where the city's cultural scene met. Her sarcastic verses and pointed short stories tell of shattered dreams and waiting for the phone to ring. She made a career as a screenwriter in Hollywood and ended up on Senator McCarthy's blacklist because of her commitment against racism and fascism. Michaela Karl now presents the first German-language biography. She portrays the unconventional life of Dorothy Parker and discovers.