Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement? by Giles Gordon

Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement? by Giles Gordon

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These memoirs are of the literary life and theatrical times of Giles Gordon - agent-to-the-Royals, ex-publisher and theatre critic, from his life as a priggish adolescent in Edinburgh to the wider shores of publishing, agenting and theatre criticism in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

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Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement? by Giles Gordon

These memoirs of the literary life and theatrical times of Giles Gordon - agent-to-the-Royals, ex-publisher and theatre critic. They recount his life from priggish adolescence in Edinburgh to the wider shores of publishing, agenting and theatre criticism in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He pricks egos and literary pretensions, brings theatre to life, and paints pen-portraits of the great, the good, the brilliant and the monstrous, from Prince Charles and Andrew to Fay Weldon, Carmen, David Godwin, Stevie Smith, Ackroyd, Unsworth, Maxwell, Gielgud, Orton, Amis pere et fils and Bernard Ingrams. Giles Gordon is the editor of "Best Short Stories".
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ISBN 13 9780701160227
ISBN 10 0701160225
Title Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement?
Author Giles Gordon
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1993-08-19
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.