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'A highly readable work … Niven emerges as gallant and gracious.' Chicago Tribune Sheridan Morley wrote this biography of the consummate on-screen English gentleman after speaking to over 150 of Niven's friends and colleagues (only Rex Harrison refused). The result is a picture which both supports and contradicts the charming vagabond persona depicted in Niven's own bestselling memoirs. While millions throughout his life were enchanted by Niven's happy-go-lucky charisma and world-class anecdotage, he was in many respects a private figure, haunted by a fear of failure, and a victim of several key tragedies in his personal life. Morley's biography is a warm, appreciative but perceptive account which captures both sides of one of Hollywood's most enduringly lovable figures. 'a compassionate account that goes past the blithe persona … yet, there is much humor-the actor's and his biographer's-in this notable book' Publishers Weekly 'Head and shoulders above the average showbiz biography … He understands many of Niven's deeper feelings' John Mortimer, Sunday Times 'A well-told story … the darker side as well as the mask of a complex and perhaps desperate character. He was a life-enhancer off-screen as well as on' The Times 'Shrewd and pleasing; shows how dark Niven's moon could be' Alexander Walker, Evening Standard

Book details

• Full title: Other Side of the Moon
• Subtitle: Life of David Niven
• Author: Sheridan Morley
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314
• EAN: 9781911413639
• ISBN: 1911413635
• ID: 14263607
• Publisher: Dean Street Press
• Weight: 342 g
• Dimensions: 130 × 200 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. September 2016

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