A Positively Final Appearance: A Journal 1996-98A worthy successor to the beloved actor's earlier diary "My Name Escapes Me, " this new volume contains Sir Alec's journal from June 1996 to December 1998. A "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year. |
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User Review - Roger_Scoppie - LibraryThingThere is something wonderfully perverse about Alec Guinness publishing his diaries. He is, after all, one of those actors who made his mark precisely by obliterating his own personality in favour of ... Read full review
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User Review - KirkusThe retired actor muses with humble precision on the little details of his life; the results are sometimes mundane, often witty, and occasionally transcendent. Readers of Guinness's previously ... Read full review
Contents
Preface I | 1 |
vw 7 14 24 34 46 I Men as Trees Walking | 3 |
A Dry Month | 7 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | A Positively Final Appearance: A Journal 1996-98 |
| Author | Alec Guinness |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0241137888, 9780241137888 |
| Length | 245 pages |
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