{"product_id":"spies-and-stars-mi5-showbusiness-and-me-9781526608802","title":"Spies and Stars: MI5, Showbusiness and Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wickedly funny' \u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Hilarious and candid' \u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e_____________________________  London in the 1950s.   Lottie is a reluctant typist at MI5 and the even more reluctant daughter of the organisation's most illustrious spy. Now she has had the bad luck to fall in love with Harry, a handsome if frustrated young actor, who has also been press-ganged into the family business, acting as one of her father's undercover agents in the Communist hotbed of British theatre.   Together the two young lovers embark on a star-studded adventure through the glittering world of theatre - but, between missing files, disapproving parents, and their own burgeoning creative endeavours, life is about to become very complicated indeed...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe great joy of Bingham’s prose is its youthful insouciance. \u003c\/b\u003eShe writes like a teenager, but an exceptionally observant one -- Lynn Barber * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnormous fun ... Dazzling\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWickedly funny \u003c\/b\u003e * Country Life *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlamboyance is the keynote… I loved it\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail, Book of the Week *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe has a keen eye\u003c\/b\u003e … Bingham concentrates on amusing asides and scraps of dialogue, and \u003cb\u003ethe jokes carry the story blithely along \u003c\/b\u003e… Its self-deprecatory portrait of a girl adrift is engaging, and it captures well the chance encounters that are often part of growing up -- Lindsay Duguid * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMI5 and Me\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003ci\u003e '\u003c\/i\u003eAstonishing\u003c\/b\u003e ... She still has all the exuberant delight of a teenager in telling stories to make herself and other people laugh. \u003cb\u003eLong may she write\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lynn Barber * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe sort of light, frothy book that makes your laugh out loud on public transport\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail, Books of the Summer 2018 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilarious and candid\u003c\/b\u003e … Filled with period detail, Bingham’s memoir is entertaining and extraordinary -- Hannah Beckerman * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003efun and breezy \u003c\/b\u003eread * Observer, Best summer books 2018 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA \u003c\/i\u003eJilly Cooper heroine in a John le Carré world\u003c\/b\u003e -- Libby Purves * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stone-cold comic classic\u003c\/b\u003e … Joyfully silly * Tatler *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSparky and larky\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eMuch fun it is … \u003cb\u003eBrilliant, sly, charming and flighty\u003c\/b\u003e * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eOne funny story follows another … You will be sure to find this book \u003cb\u003ea most entertaining and enjoyable read\u003c\/b\u003e * Country Life *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409829863767,"sku":"9781526608802","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526608802.jpg?v=1730508166","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spies-and-stars-mi5-showbusiness-and-me-9781526608802","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}