An Orderly Man: A Memoir - Softcover

Bogarde, Dirk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1448208203 ISBN 13: 9781448208203

Publisher: Bloomsbury Reader, 2013

Synopsis

First published in 1983, An Orderly Man is volume three of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs


After completing work on Visconti's Death in Venice, the celebrated actor seeks a refuge from 20 years of 'continual motion'. This dream of a peaceful retreat materialises itself in the form of a neglected farmhouse in the South of France. However, before he is rewarded with the calm he craves, he is forced to endure the relative evils of dying olive trees and the rampaging mistral.

In this pursuit of the tranquil, Bogarde manages to portray the simplest of issues in the most delicate and humane way. This volume also covers the years in which Dirk Bogarde gave some of his finest acting performances and began his career as a gifted writer, imposing order on a rich and varied life.

About this title

Review:

Absorbing... his gift for dialogue is exceptional (The Observer)

About the Author:

Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor and novelist. Initially a matinee idol, Bogarde later acted in art-house films such as Death In Venice. As well as completing six novels, Bogarde wrote several volumes of autobiography.

Between 1947 and 1991, Bogarde made more than sixty films. For over two decades he lived in Italy and France, where he began to write seriously.

In 1985 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of St Andrews and in 1990 was promoted to Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Reader
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1448208203
• ISBN 13: 9781448208203
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384