Moon’s A Balloon

Niven, David

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‘The Moon’s A Balloon’ takes readers back to David Niven’s childhood days, his expulsion from school and to his army years and wartime service. After the war, he returned to America and there came his Hollywood success in films such as ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Around the World in 80 Days’.

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Publish Date: 27/10/1994

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ONE OF THE BESTSELLING MEMOIRS OF ALL TIME WITH OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

Discover the heartfelt, laugh-out-loud account of one of Hollywood’s greatest actors and, above all, greatest men

Debonair English wit and humourist extraordinaire, star of The Pink Panther, Casino Royal and Around the World in 80 Days, few Hollywood actors are remembered as fondly as David Niven.

In this bestselling autobiography, Niven shows how, even as an unknown young man, he knew how to live the good life, regaling us with tales of school expulsion and wartime hi-jinks. However, it is his accounts of working and partying with the legends of the silver screen – from Lawrence Oliver and Vivien Leigh to Elizabeth Taylor, Noel Coward and dozens of others – that turn this memoir into an outright masterpiece.

An intimate, gossipy, warm and above all charming account of life inside Hollywood’s dream factory, The Moon is a Balloon is a classic to be read and enjoyed time and again.

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‘An immensely enjoyable, witty and racy memoir’ Sunday Times

‘Forthright, bawdy, and often hilarious, zany and zestful, his anecdotes should keep you entertained for hoursSunday Express

‘Niven’s life was Wodehouse with tears‘ John Mortimer

Additional information

Weight 258 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 21 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

336

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

791.43028092 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K