Blessings in disguise

by Alec Guinness

Paperback, 1985

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Available

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Warner Books, 1987, c1985.

Description

The memoirs of the actor Sir Alec Guinness. The book includes pen portraits of such characters as Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike and John Gielgud, as well as accounts of Guinness's film career, religious beliefs and wartime experiences.

User reviews

LibraryThing member echaika
Little of the advertised wit by a brilliant comic actor and lots of boeing details of his acquaintance or more with a lot of not very well known people plus some well=known ones. Big yawn for me, but I gave it e stars because someone I respect recommended it to me.
LibraryThing member Flip_Martian
Enjoyable "light" read. Anecdotes from his relationships with friends, acquaintances, other actors (some who sound positively awful people but he seems to find positives in everyone!) and from his time in the navy during WW2. Many revealing glimpses into a time long gone. I liked it a lot; glad I
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already bought his follow up books to read.
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