This is a collection of diaries, recollections and book reviews - including several old favourites, such as "The Lady in the Ban" and various "LRB" diaries - which work as a whole to create a portrait of the writer.
" [A] wonderful book, the wit of which spills over even into the index....There' s so much here...[Bennett] is angry, hilariously self-pitying and he writes beautifully." -- "The Times" (London)
" Delightful." -- "Time"
" A classic performance." -- "Times Literary Supplement"
" Brilliantly perceptive...If anyone wants to define the distinctive Englishness of English writing, they can find it all in this book-- modesty, irony, self-deprecating wit, and supremely good observation." -- "Daily Telegraph"
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" The book [contains] perhaps the funniest piece ever written about the theater...marvelous, marvelous, marvelous." -- "The Independent"
" Irresistibly well written, wry, witty, every sentence a pleasure...Humane, observant, and sharply intelligent." -- "Sunday Time"
“[A] wonderful book, the wit of which spills over even into the index....There’s so much here...[Bennett] is angry, hilariously self-pitying and he writes beautifully.” —"The Times" (London)
“Delightful.” —"Time"
“A classic performance.” —"Times Literary Supplement"
“Brilliantly perceptive...If anyone wants to define the distinctive Englishness of English writing, they can find it all in this book—modesty, irony, self-deprecating wit, and supremely good observation.” —"Daily Telegraph"
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“The book [contains] perhaps the funniest piece ever written about the theater...marvelous, marvelous, marvelous.” —"The Independent"
“Irresistibly well written, wry, witty, every sentence a pleasure...Humane, observant, and sharply intelligent.” —"Sunday Time"
"[A] wonderful book, the wit of which spills over even into the index....There's so much here...[Bennett] is angry, hilariously self-pitying and he writes beautifully." --"The Times" (London)
"Delightful." --"Time"
"A classic performance." --"Times Literary Supplement"
"Brilliantly perceptive...If anyone wants to define the distinctive Englishness of English writing, they can find it all in this book--modesty, irony, self-deprecating wit, and supremely good observation." --"Daily Telegraph"
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"The book [contains] perhaps the funniest piece ever written about the theater...marvelous, marvelous, marvelous." --"The Independent"
"Irresistibly well written, wry, witty, every sentence a pleasure...Humane, observant, and sharply intelligent." --"Sunday Time"
[A] wonderful book, the wit of which spills over even into the index....There's so much here...[Bennett] is angry, hilariously self-pitying and he writes beautifully. "The Times (London)"
Delightful. "Time"
A classic performance. "Times Literary Supplement"
Brilliantly perceptive...If anyone wants to define the distinctive Englishness of English writing, they can find it all in this book--modesty, irony, self-deprecating wit, and supremely good observation. "Daily Telegraph"
The book [contains] perhaps the funniest piece ever written about the theater...marvelous, marvelous, marvelous. "The Independent"
Irresistibly well written, wry, witty, every sentence a pleasure...Humane, observant, and sharply intelligent. "Sunday Time""
"[A] wonderful book, the wit of which spills over even into the index....There's so much here...[Bennett] is angry, hilariously self-pitying and he writes beautifully." --The Times (London)
"Delightful." --Time
"A classic performance." --Times Literary Supplement
"Brilliantly perceptive...If anyone wants to define the distinctive Englishness of English writing, they can find it all in this book--modesty, irony, self-deprecating wit, and supremely good observation." --Daily Telegraph
"The book [contains] perhaps the funniest piece ever written about the theater...marvelous, marvelous, marvelous." --The Independent
"Irresistibly well written, wry, witty, every sentence a pleasure...Humane, observant, and sharply intelligent." --Sunday Time
