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Russell Davies (1)

Autor(a) de The Kenneth Williams Diaries

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13+ Works 496 Membros 8 Críticas

About the Author

Russell Davies is a broadcaster and writer he is the author of Secret Sins: Sex, Violence and Society in Carmarthenshire 1870-1920 and Hope and Heartbreak: A Social History of Wales and the Welsh 1776-1870.

Obras por Russell Davies

Associated Works

Our Mothers' Land: Chapters in Welsh Women's History, 1830-1939 (2003) — Contribuidor, algumas edições7 exemplares
Language and community in the nineteeth century (1998) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
male

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Críticas

This was surprisingly moving, and very funny in places.
½
1 vote
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mlfhlibrarian | 5 outras críticas | Nov 11, 2013 |
A consistently readable and absorbing account of the life of a much-loved comic. Williams's waspish, contradictory personality, his loneliness and death have been well-documented; but the book also gives us an idea of the plays - probably long forgotten - that were a standard part of the repertoire in the years following World War Two and is a reminder - perhaps best forgotten - of the dismal TV game shows and sitcoms popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The later entries with Williams struggling both with poor health and his frail, cantankerous mother, are rather sad and the references to suicide that weave throughout the diaries do seem to suggest that he took his own life. Recommended reading for fans and admirers of Williams and his work.… (mais)
1 vote
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cappybear | 5 outras críticas | Apr 9, 2012 |
Has kept me company in the loo for the last few months. Don't think he would have liked the idea of that. Very interesting book. Extremely contradictory personality. Must have driven almost everyone he knew mad with rage at one time or another.

I was one of the morons who said hello to him once and he was polite to me.
1 vote
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Judderman | 5 outras críticas | Dec 7, 2009 |
Kind of compulsive reading in a nosey sort of way but really it didn't engage me. Either I didn't like him enough or care enough.
 
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samsheep | 5 outras críticas | Jun 9, 2009 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
13
Also by
3
Membros
496
Popularidade
#49,831
Avaliação
4.2
Críticas
8
ISBN
31

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