About this title: Sir Alec Guinness, one of the most outstanding and beloved actors of his generation, shares an 18-month diary of his present life. Guinness frankly says of this diary, which covers the period from New Year's Day 1995 to June 1996: "I have been unable to disguise my phobias, irritations, prejudices . . . childishness and frivolity. Sometimes, I ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780670875894ISBN:0670875899
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardcover; clean with no previous owners marks, has a section cut out of the front flyleaf; all other pages are fine. Dust jacket is not price clipped; no stamps stickers or marks of any kind. Good reading copy. 214 pgs. read more
Edition: First edition. American ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780670875894ISBN:0670875899
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. cover over dust jacket; stamps, stickers and library markings; RTB37. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 224 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 1997-Hardcover---some shelf-wear-Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. 1997-Hardcover---dj shows some wear-Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: American ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780670875894ISBN:0670875899
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Book appears never read, spine/binding tight and straight, no remainder/library marks, text clean/unmarked, minor shelf wear. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 224 p. Audience: General/trade. First American edition read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780670875894ISBN:0670875899
Description: Fine/Very Good. 0670875899. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Penguin, New York, NY, U. S. A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780670875894ISBN:0670875899
Description: VG+/VG+ 0-670-87589-9 Hardcover, 6. 5x9. 25, 214 pages, index. Preface by John Le Carre. Bright clean 1st American printing in unclipped DJ. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Pr
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780670875894ISBN:0670875899
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
"Very repetitive, even though I acknowledge it's diary style. "we gave lunch to...", "We gave dinner to..."
Perhaps the generation gap plays a part here, but Alec Guinness comes across as a curmudgeonly man. One from the old school definitely.
Personally I saw very little insight into his life, although it became very clear that getting old is unremittingly bad.
I knew he wasn't a fan of his Star Wars work, but his bitterness about fans surprised me. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!
There were one or two touching moments when real life impinged upon his lifestyle: the down and out who managed to pry a £1 out of him, and his reaction to people helping him when he fell on the street one day.
I'm left wondering what actually happened about his dodgy eye..."
"A diary - a year and a half long 1995 to halfway through 1996... As I suspected, old age has nothing to commend it and this book simply proves it. Too much name dropping and too much repetition. One or two funnies and that's it so far."
"I recently re-read this book (we had bought and read it first about ten years ago.) It is so delightful! Alec Guinness has a light touch in this year and a half journal of his daily life in 1995-1996. There are reminiscences, details of lunches and dinners, flowers and trees in his garden, adventures with dogs and birds. I absolutely love this book and the one he wrote subsequently, "Absolutely Final Performance" (I think the title is -- it's in the next room on the bed and I'm reading it now). I remembered a few things from the first reading, but mostly it is all new and wonderful!"
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