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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Page 108
... feel one was there and yet not a tourist . What a city in which to have a little apartment , preferably on the neglected Giudecca . But even the Giudecca is probably being trampled into the water right now . It is Saturday , 7 February ...
... feel one was there and yet not a tourist . What a city in which to have a little apartment , preferably on the neglected Giudecca . But even the Giudecca is probably being trampled into the water right now . It is Saturday , 7 February ...
Page 140
... feel my neck wetted in a disgusting way . As I felt trapped in the stuffiness of the theatre I left in the interval ... feeling its way down a staircase in the supposed dark ; also Albert Finney was superb , and uncamp , as a falsely ...
... feel my neck wetted in a disgusting way . As I felt trapped in the stuffiness of the theatre I left in the interval ... feeling its way down a staircase in the supposed dark ; also Albert Finney was superb , and uncamp , as a falsely ...
Page 203
... feel much the same about the bedside arrest of a ghastly old man who had been welcomed here by the high and mighty ... feeling a bit rheumatic and has slightly cut a forepaw , got me out of bed four times with his barking in the kitchen ...
... feel much the same about the bedside arrest of a ghastly old man who had been welcomed here by the high and mighty ... feeling a bit rheumatic and has slightly cut a forepaw , got me out of bed four times with his barking in the kitchen ...
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