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The Smoking Diaries Volume 3: The Last Cigarette
Gray S
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Description for The Smoking Diaries Volume 3: The Last Cigarette
Paperback. The final volume of the trilogy that began with "The Smoking Diaries", this diary reflects Simon Gray's determination to give up smoking. Num Pages: 312 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGL; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
The final volume of the trilogy that began with The Smoking Diaries finds Simon Gray determined to give up smoking. Really. At last. Can he kick the habit of sixty years? Will he, sometime soon, be able to leave his house without nervously feeling for his two packets of twenty and his two lighters? As this wonderful, wayward record of Gray's life progresses, these questions are overtaken by much larger ones. What was sex like before 1963? Will his name be in lights on Broadway? Why leave the bedside of his dying mother? With their combination of comedy ... Read more
The final volume of the trilogy that began with The Smoking Diaries finds Simon Gray determined to give up smoking. Really. At last. Can he kick the habit of sixty years? Will he, sometime soon, be able to leave his house without nervously feeling for his two packets of twenty and his two lighters? As this wonderful, wayward record of Gray's life progresses, these questions are overtaken by much larger ones. What was sex like before 1963? Will his name be in lights on Broadway? Why leave the bedside of his dying mother? With their combination of comedy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847080721
SKU
V9781847080721
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About Gray S
SIMON GRAY was born in England in 1936 and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was the author of over 30 plays, including Butley, The Common Pursuit and Cell Mates, and published several volumes of diaries and books about the theatre, including Enter a Fox and Fat Chance, both published by Granta. He was awarded a CBE in 2005. ... Read more
Reviews for The Smoking Diaries Volume 3: The Last Cigarette
"- 'A new volume of diaries from Simon Gray is always a rare treat' Evening Standard -'A great achievement, a terrific read, every page crammed with jokes, philosophical observations... Volume III is keenly awaited' Lloyd Evans, Spectator - 'His apparently spontaneous, but I suspect meticulously crafted journals are highly addictive, often wildly funny but also, and this is increasingly the ... Read more