Posted: Apr 06, 2022 3:17 pm
1. The Five - Hallie Rubenhold
2. The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain - Ian Mortimer
3. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
4. The Golden Strangers - Henry Treece
5. White - Marie Darrieussecq
6. Villette - Charlotte Brontë
7. The Dark Island - Henry Treece
8. Fat Chance - Simon Gray
An account of what happened when Stephen Fry walked out on Gray's production of 'Cell Mates' in 1995. The plain, unvarnished truth will never come out about what happened exactly, so what you get here is the viewpoint of the person whose project collapsed after Stephen left due to a breakdown - and therefore, a thoroughly biased and (justifiably?) bitter account. It's sharply written, but he's so vitriolic that any sympathy you could feel for him fades; indeed, the whole book seems to be more of a theraputic release, with no attempt whatsoever to ingratiate himself to the reader. It just leaves you wanting to know Rik Mayall's version of events.
2. The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain - Ian Mortimer
3. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
4. The Golden Strangers - Henry Treece
5. White - Marie Darrieussecq
6. Villette - Charlotte Brontë
7. The Dark Island - Henry Treece
8. Fat Chance - Simon Gray
An account of what happened when Stephen Fry walked out on Gray's production of 'Cell Mates' in 1995. The plain, unvarnished truth will never come out about what happened exactly, so what you get here is the viewpoint of the person whose project collapsed after Stephen left due to a breakdown - and therefore, a thoroughly biased and (justifiably?) bitter account. It's sharply written, but he's so vitriolic that any sympathy you could feel for him fades; indeed, the whole book seems to be more of a theraputic release, with no attempt whatsoever to ingratiate himself to the reader. It just leaves you wanting to know Rik Mayall's version of events.