Dear Me

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'Ustinov has produced an illuminating and joyous book. ... He has a penchant for iconoclasm, a gift for the anecdote and the epigram, and a delightful sense of humor. He is, perhaps, as near to that proverbial Renaissance man - humorist, actor, writer - as we have working today in the English language.' - Chicago Tribüné 'Mr Ustinov's own memory is both abundant and imaginative: hence Dear Me, a controversial autobiography, bursting at the seams with uproarious stories, wise saws and modern instances, and ablaze with images.' - J. W. Lambert, Sunday Times (London) This is a brilliant book, far and away the best I have read this year. It is extremely funny: there are hilarious stories about Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir Laurence Olivier (both of whom Mr Ustinov treats rather unkindly), and even more comic ones about Ernest Bevin and J. B. Priestley, whom he obviously likes better than he does his great companions of the stage----The recurring dialogues with himself are amongst the... Tovább

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'Ustinov has produced an illuminating and joyous book. ... He has a penchant for iconoclasm, a gift for the anecdote and the epigram, and a delightful sense of humor. He is, perhaps, as near to that proverbial Renaissance man - humorist, actor, writer - as we have working today in the English language.' - Chicago Tribüné 'Mr Ustinov's own memory is both abundant and imaginative: hence Dear Me, a controversial autobiography, bursting at the seams with uproarious stories, wise saws and modern instances, and ablaze with images.' - J. W. Lambert, Sunday Times (London) This is a brilliant book, far and away the best I have read this year. It is extremely funny: there are hilarious stories about Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir Laurence Olivier (both of whom Mr Ustinov treats rather unkindly), and even more comic ones about Ernest Bevin and J. B. Priestley, whom he obviously likes better than he does his great companions of the stage----The recurring dialogues with himself are amongst the most illuminating pages in an autobiography whose amused yet desperate search for absolute honesty puts to shame most theatrical histories and memoirs.' - Books and Bookmen There are actually six Peter Ustinovs, and I admire them all: actor, author, designer, director, film star, playwright____Their latest cöntribution, Dear Me, is the minaret gracing their careers, which appearthank Fortune - to have no end in sight.' - Garson Kanin Cover design by Neil Stuart Cover photograph by Darleen Rubin Autobiography Vissza