Memoirs of a Private Man - Hardcover

Graham, Winston

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405033746 ISBN 13: 9781405033749

Publisher: Macmillan, 2003

Synopsis

Winston Graham's memoirs have been consigned to his safe for years. Now he is ready to share them with his readers: a remarkable book, free of what he calls 'the fashionable sins', but rich in charm and anecdote. Memoirs of a Private Man follows the rise of a delicate Manchester lad from the isolation of Cornwall and creative anonymity to writerly fame and the glittering London film scene. Its pages are peopled by luminaries, among them Alfred Hitchcock, who turned Graham's best-selling novel, Marnie, into a classic film, Gregory Peck, and Somerset Maugham, and by a vivacious circle of friends, many of whom have found their way as characters into Graham's novels. His is a life of success, often excess, yet he never loses sight of its foundations: his love of his wife Jean, companion of fifty years, and his love of words. From musings on his philosophy of writing to the creative challenges of adapting for the screen, Memoirs of a Private Man offers an insight into the unassuming side of the writer whose best-selling novels and their television adaptations have won over the hearts of millions.

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Review:

...Every gentle page offers us a shining example of prolific creativity and a good life well-lived. -- Val Hennessy in Daily Mail, 17 October 2003

Book Description:

Personal memoirs from the author of the Poldark series, Winston Graham.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1405033746
• ISBN 13: 9781405033749
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336