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Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams
Christopher Stevens
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Description for Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams
Paperback. The authorised full story of the troubled and brilliant comic genius that was Kenneth Williams Num Pages: 464 pages, Insets integrated onto text paper for short run - extent has increased to 464. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 186 x 31. Weight in Grams: 306.
Kenneth Williams was the stand-out comic actor of his generation. Beloved as the manic star of Carry On films and as a peerless raconteur on TV chat shows, he was also acclaimed for serious stage roles. Born Brilliant will include much previously unseen material from Williams's candid daily journal and also draw on rare in-depth interviews with friends and colleagues. Since the publication of edited extracts from his diaries, much controversy has surrounded Williams's personal and professional lives. This biography traces the complex contradictions that characterised an extraordinary life and presents the first full portrait of a star who was born brilliant.
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
305g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848541979
SKU
V9781848541979
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Christopher Stevens
Christopher Stevens is a journalist who has written for numerous publications from Hello! to the Sunday Telegraph. He has worked for the Observer for twelve years and lives in Bristol with his wife and two sons.
Reviews for Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams
Stevens has unearthed a great deal of new material
TLS
Excellent biography
Choice
a portrait far more sympathetic than the ascerbic one conjured by Williams' edited diary extracts in l993
Independent
Williams gets the biography he deserves: impeccably researched, compelling and, despite everything, sympathetic
Scotsman
Stevens has done a grand job of reconciling the public and private Williamses
Daily Telegraph
Stevens adeptly captures the mercurial temperament and frequent malice. For all his flaws, however, Williams remains lovable, to his devoted friends and fans, as well as to Stevens' readers
Metro
Christopher Stevens has written a solid, workmanlike, authorised biography of this least solid or workmanlike or authorised of figures
Mail on Sunday
The book does something interesting and necessary. There is a danger with any book on Williams of just further nailing down the received wisdom: that he was entirely morbid, socially inadequate and consumed by guilt. What Stevens manages to do, even as he throws out all the examples of The Fear, is retune the accepted facts a little and tell the story not just of the melancholia but also of the happiness
Herald
Christopher Stevens's diligent biography offers illuminating insights into Kenneth Williams's work and inner life. Underpinned by a warm sympathy, Born Brilliant is often revealing and . . . well-written
Sunday Telegraph
TLS
Excellent biography
Choice
a portrait far more sympathetic than the ascerbic one conjured by Williams' edited diary extracts in l993
Independent
Williams gets the biography he deserves: impeccably researched, compelling and, despite everything, sympathetic
Scotsman
Stevens has done a grand job of reconciling the public and private Williamses
Daily Telegraph
Stevens adeptly captures the mercurial temperament and frequent malice. For all his flaws, however, Williams remains lovable, to his devoted friends and fans, as well as to Stevens' readers
Metro
Christopher Stevens has written a solid, workmanlike, authorised biography of this least solid or workmanlike or authorised of figures
Mail on Sunday
The book does something interesting and necessary. There is a danger with any book on Williams of just further nailing down the received wisdom: that he was entirely morbid, socially inadequate and consumed by guilt. What Stevens manages to do, even as he throws out all the examples of The Fear, is retune the accepted facts a little and tell the story not just of the melancholia but also of the happiness
Herald
Christopher Stevens's diligent biography offers illuminating insights into Kenneth Williams's work and inner life. Underpinned by a warm sympathy, Born Brilliant is often revealing and . . . well-written
Sunday Telegraph