Vanished Years

by Rupert Everett

Hardcover, 2012

Status

Checked out
Due 28-12-2023

Call number

791.43028092

Publication

Little, Brown Book Group (2012), Edition: Digital original, 336 pages

Description

Rupert Everett's first memoir - Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins - was an international bestseller and an instant classic on publication in 2006. Reviewers compared him to Evelyn Waugh, David Niven, Noel Coward and Lord Byron. But Rupert Everett is - of course - one of a kind. Mischievous, touching and nothing less than brilliant, this new memoir is filled with stories, from childhood to the present. Astonishing encounters; tragedy and comedy; vivid portraits of friends and rivals; razor-sharp observations of the celebrity circus from LA to London and beyond... there is something extraordinary on every page. A pilgrimage to Lourdes with his father is both hilarious and moving. A misguided step into reality TV goes horribly wrong. From New York to Moscow to Berlin to Phnom Penh, Vanished Years takes the reader on a wild and wonderful new journey with a charming (and rather disreputable) companion.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member LARA335
Beautifully written. This is not so much an autobiography as an evocation of various incidents in Rupert's life. Fascinated by both high and low life and bored by the middle ground, he has a novelist's talent of bringing to life events and people. Funny, bitchy, gossipy and moving. Brilliant.
LibraryThing member Chris_V
Proof that Rupert Everett's first memoir RED CARPETS AND OTHER BANANA SKINS was no one-off success, VANISHED YEARS draws us further into his life and career.

Starting off with a typically take-no-prisoners account of attending a celeb-packed magazine launch on Liberty Island with Madonna, Everett
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then whisks us to an Embassy dinner in Washington DC (which gives rise to a deliciously barbed profile of Simon Schama). While there Everett hits on the perfect vehicle for his launch into US sitcoms and we follow his rapidly disenchanted journey into getting a pilot for 'Mr. Ambassador' off the ground, this includes a delightful profile of his co-star Derek Jacobi. Everett also includes a toe-curling account of his short time on THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE.

For all the freewheeling tales of showbiz highlife Everett's book takes on a sombre tone as he reflects on the loss of family and friends. In particular I was moved by his chapter devoted to Natasha Richardson which moves from showbiz anecdotes to a profoundly honest rumination on the missed chances of connecting with someone.

An excellent book.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

336 p.; 6 inches

ISBN

9780349000220

Barcode

91100000179357

DDC/MDS

791.43028092
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