num_pages: 350
description: Lively and atmospheric authorised biography of playwright and novelist Dodie Smith _ author of the bestselling classics DEAR OCTOPUS, I CAPTURED THE CASTLE and THE 101 DALMATIONS - written with style and brio by THE TIMES journalist Valerie Grove.Frank and Funny, unorthodox, liberated and quintessentially English, Dodie Smith, was the author of those immortal classics, THE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS and I CAPTURE THE CASTLE. One of the most successful dramatists of her generation, she spent the war years in America, befriended Christopher Isherwood and, through Walt Disney's film, became a household name. I have nothing but praise for this engrossing book, which on the one hand recreates a recent, but forgotten theatrical age, and on the other should introduce Dodie to a host of new readers. Antonia Fraser LITERARY REVIEW Beautifully written, warm and lively, with enough detchment for us to see Dodie for ourselves. . . Full of life and zip. Joanna Trollope A successful portrait of a powerful and original woman of devastating wit and intelligence. Elspeth Barker. INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
language: English
title: Dear Dodie
titlecomplete: Dear Dodie
genres: Nonfiction, Biography
ratings_count: 80
publisher: Pimlico