The Kenneth Williams Diaries
$63.49
- Paperback
864 pages
- Release Date
7 September 1994
Summary
‘I’ll put you in my diary!’ comedian Kenneth Williams was known to threaten on occasion, although tantalisingly he kept the journal to himself during his lifetime. Here at last, in one spellbinding volume, are four million words of it.
For more than forty years, from his sixteenth birthday until the eve of his unexpected death in 1988, the beloved actor and outrageous ‘Carry On’ star Kenneth Williams kept a candid diary. Devastatingly honest about himself, he is equally unsparing in h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780006380900 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0006380905 |
| Author: | Russell Davies, Kenneth Williams |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 864 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 1994 |
| Weight: | 620g |
| Dimensions: | 54mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Annihilatingly honest…fascinating…these diaries cast a bizarre spell. They appeal, they delight, and now and then do both at once.’ Independent
‘Caustically compelling.’ Time Out
‘Unputdownable…with the appeal of eavesdropping on the conversation of a unique personality.’ Financial Times
‘Hilarious anecdotes abound.’ What’s On
Russell Davies
Russell Davies is a journalist and broadcaster. He has worked as a newspaper columnist and critic, and presented numerous programmes on BBC Radio. He is the editor of ‘The Kenneth Williams Diaries’ and ‘The Kenneth Williams Letters’.
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