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The Smoking Diaries Volume 2: The Year Of The Jouncer
Gray S
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Description for The Smoking Diaries Volume 2: The Year Of The Jouncer
Paperback. When he turned sixty-five, the playwright Simon Gray began to keep a diary: not a careful honing of the day's events with a view to posterity but an account of his thoughts as he had them, honestly, turbulently, digressively expressed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 144.
As a baby, Simon Gray discovered that he could move his pram while still nestling inside it. 'It was a complete mystery to the adult intelligences, how had he done it, if it was he who had done it, but if not he, who then and why? So the next afternoon they (Mummy and Nanny) planted the pram in the usual spot, and stood over it, watching - the baby lay there smiling or snivelling up at them, until it struck them that they should try observing the baby when unobserved by the baby, and they withdrew behind ... Read more
As a baby, Simon Gray discovered that he could move his pram while still nestling inside it. 'It was a complete mystery to the adult intelligences, how had he done it, if it was he who had done it, but if not he, who then and why? So the next afternoon they (Mummy and Nanny) planted the pram in the usual spot, and stood over it, watching - the baby lay there smiling or snivelling up at them, until it struck them that they should try observing the baby when unobserved by the baby, and they withdrew behind ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847080554
SKU
V9781847080554
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99-99
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
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