Redeeming Features
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Redeeming Features by Nicky Haslam
Nicky Haslam has always been at the centre of things wherever he is - at parties, opening nights, royal weddings - and has stories to tell of crossing paths, and more, with the cultural icons of our time: Cecil Beaton, Francis Bacon, Diana Cooper, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Jack Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe to name but a few. Redeeming Features is an exuberantly told and stunningly crafted memoir: a compelling and wholly singular document of our times.
Gloriously entertaining -- Sebastian Shakespeare * Tatler *
Nicky Haslam has known everyone from Greta Garbo to Cole Porter to the Royal Family, with many unforgettable eccentrics in betweenBut this is not a catalogue of celebrities. It is a truly felt, beautifully crafted , wise consideration of a full life, which paints an unforgettable picture of a vanished England and America. Masterpiece is an overused word, but this Proustian evocation is indeed a masterpiece -- A. N. Wilson
From the Mitfords to Warhol's Factory to Paris Hilton - Nicky Haslam has been at the centre of every glittering social circle in living memory... Haslam should be declared a National Treasure. While the nation's spirits are grievously low, Haslam brings joy and sprinkles magic dust of one sort or another wherever he goes -- Kate Muir * The Times *
Redeeming Features is a tour de force romp through high society and the more glamorous chapters in the counterculture of the 20th century and the 21st...Haslam pops up from decade to decade alongside some of the most fascinating people in our cultural history * Vanity Fair *
You could find yourself as Nicky Haslam's 'plus one' at the swellest parties with his delicious memoir -- Naomi West * Harpers Bazaar *
Nicky Haslam has known everyone from Greta Garbo to Cole Porter to the Royal Family, with many unforgettable eccentrics in betweenBut this is not a catalogue of celebrities. It is a truly felt, beautifully crafted , wise consideration of a full life, which paints an unforgettable picture of a vanished England and America. Masterpiece is an overused word, but this Proustian evocation is indeed a masterpiece -- A. N. Wilson
From the Mitfords to Warhol's Factory to Paris Hilton - Nicky Haslam has been at the centre of every glittering social circle in living memory... Haslam should be declared a National Treasure. While the nation's spirits are grievously low, Haslam brings joy and sprinkles magic dust of one sort or another wherever he goes -- Kate Muir * The Times *
Redeeming Features is a tour de force romp through high society and the more glamorous chapters in the counterculture of the 20th century and the 21st...Haslam pops up from decade to decade alongside some of the most fascinating people in our cultural history * Vanity Fair *
You could find yourself as Nicky Haslam's 'plus one' at the swellest parties with his delicious memoir -- Naomi West * Harpers Bazaar *
Nicholas Haslam is the author of Sheer Opulence and has been a contributing editor of Vogue and Tatler for many years. He also writes for The World of Interiors and The Spectator. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099546238 |
| ISBN 10 | 009954623X |
| Titel | Redeeming Features |
| Autor | Nicky Haslam |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Vintage Publishing |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2010-11-04 |
| Seitenanzahl | 368 |
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