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A pitch-perfect memoir, brilliantly funny, wise and moving, of family, friends and political life over the last sixty years

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'Hard to beat. I could read this sort of book for ever' Stephen Fry, Independent 'Reading this book actually makes you feel perceptibly happier and buoyed up' Evening Standard 'An unadulterated joy Every page is shot through with anecdote and wit, so that the whole experience feels like being at a peculiarly wonderful dinner party Funny, astute and clever' Observer 'A loving, lyrical, life-filled memoir' Guardian

Cold Cream My Early Life and Other Mistakes

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 02/03/2009
      ISBN13: 9780747596479, 978-0747596479
      ISBN10: 0747596476
      Also in:
      Biography Autobiography: writers ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A pitch-perfect memoir, brilliantly funny, wise and moving, of family, friends and political life over the last sixty years

      Trade Review
      'Hard to beat. I could read this sort of book for ever' Stephen Fry, Independent 'Reading this book actually makes you feel perceptibly happier and buoyed up' Evening Standard 'An unadulterated joy Every page is shot through with anecdote and wit, so that the whole experience feels like being at a peculiarly wonderful dinner party Funny, astute and clever' Observer 'A loving, lyrical, life-filled memoir' Guardian

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