Dancing at Ciro’s (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Sheila Weller
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Memoir
- Time of Work: 1887-1962
- Principal Characters: Sheila Weller, Daniel Weller, Helen (Hover) Weller, Herman Hover
- Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
- Subjects: Family or family life, Acting or actors, Journalism or journalists, Twentieth century, New York City, Marriage, Los Angeles, Surgery or surgeons, Adultery, Divorce, Depression, mental, Sick persons, Remarriage, Fame, Theater, Films, movies, or motion pictures, Hollywood, Television or television broadcasting, Nightclubs
Sheila Weller’s autobiographical reminiscence Dancing at Ciro’s begins by introducing a mystery drawn from the end of the story. Weller’s climax occurs on January 8, 1958, when Herman Hover, owner of the famed Sunset Strip nightclub Ciro’s, attacked and nearly killed his brother-in-law, the author’s father, Daniel Weller, a prominent Los Angeles neurosurgeon. In tracing the events that led to this tragedy and the resulting losses suffered by nearly every member of her family, Weller explores the history of her parents, discovering in them a cautionary tale of American...
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