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The Moon´s a Balloon: The Guardian’s Number One Hollywood Autobiography
David Niven
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Description for The Moon´s a Balloon: The Guardian’s Number One Hollywood Autobiography
Paperback. Takes readers back to the author's childhood days, his humiliating expulsion from school and to his army years and wartime service. This book shows how after the war he returned to America and there came his Hollywood success in films such as "Wuthering Heights" and "Around the World in 80 Days". Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp photographs. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy
ONE OF THE BESTSELLING MEMOIRS OF ALL TIME WITH OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
Discover the heartfelt, laugh-out-loud account of one of Hollywood's greatest actors and, above all, greatest men
Debonair English wit and humourist extraordinaire, star of The Pink Panther, Casino Royal and Around the World in 80 Days, few Hollywood actors are remembered as fondly as David Niven.
In this bestselling autobiography, Niven shows how, even as an unknown young man, he knew how to live the good life, regaling us with tales of school expulsion and wartime hi-jinks. However, it is his accounts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140239249
SKU
9780140239249
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About David Niven
David Niven was born in London in 1910. He was one of Britain's best known actors and, in later years, a bestselling author - his autobiography, The Moon's A Balloon which was first published in 1971, sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Often remembered for playing the archetypal English gentleman, he made ninety films during a career that stretched over ... Read more
Reviews for The Moon´s a Balloon: The Guardian’s Number One Hollywood Autobiography
An immensely enjoyable, witty and racy memoir.
Sunday Times
Forthright, bawdy, and often hilarious, zany and zestful, his anecdotes should keep you entertained for hours.
Sunday Express
Niven's life was Wodehouse with tears.
John Mortimer
Sunday Times
Forthright, bawdy, and often hilarious, zany and zestful, his anecdotes should keep you entertained for hours.
Sunday Express
Niven's life was Wodehouse with tears.
John Mortimer