Ever, Dirk
Subtitle: the Bogarde letters
By: selected and edited by John Coldstream.
Contributors: Coldstream, John.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 531
ISBN-13: 9780297852414
Subjects: Bogarde, Dirk, -- 1921-1999 -- Correspondence; Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Correspondence; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Genres: Correspondence
Description: "Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999) was known principally as the star of more than sixty films and a critically acclaimed author. To a privileged few, however, he was a prolific, stimulating and treasured correspondent." "Collected here, his letters represent an alternative autobiography, covering three decades. On display are the qualities familiar to those who knew the private Bogarde: acute observation, a laser-like intelligence, an easily-provoked waspishness, an aversion to the politically correct, a directness which could wound and offend, a robust compassion for the needy, a relish for the striking metaphor, and a catastrophic disdain for correct spelling and punctuation. As clouds gather over the Provencal idyll, forcing a return to London, his confidences grow more and more poignant. But the incisive humour survives."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.