William Donaldson has become something of a cult figure to many, and those many have been clamoring for his autobiography. And so, here it is. From Winchester to This reveals all. It is frank and often scurrilous. Here the past and present collide in a hilarious vision of his extraordinary life. It charts Donaldson's course from public-school childhood, through production of the celebrated 1960s' satire Beyond the Fringe, a riotous lifestyle in the company of pop stars, actors, models and others -- at one time he lived in a ...
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William Donaldson has become something of a cult figure to many, and those many have been clamoring for his autobiography. And so, here it is. From Winchester to This reveals all. It is frank and often scurrilous. Here the past and present collide in a hilarious vision of his extraordinary life. It charts Donaldson's course from public-school childhood, through production of the celebrated 1960s' satire Beyond the Fringe, a riotous lifestyle in the company of pop stars, actors, models and others -- at one time he lived in a brothel in Chelsea -- literary success and on into a drug-fuelled slide into bankruptcy and lost love to the alleged present. Many will know William Donaldson and his friends behaving badly from his popular column in the British newspaper, The Independent. Here he attempts to tell the truth about his peculiar escapades over the years with a cast of friends, lovers, and sundry celebrities. The book includes entertaining and sometimes uncalled-for indiscretions about, among others, the Royal Family, tarts, Australians, Peter Cook, Kenneth Tynan, Page Three girls, former girlfriends Sarah Miles and Carly Simon, drug dealers and other members of the criminal fraternity -- even the rightful King of Spain. Moralist and mischief maker, William Donaldson writes with candor, wit, and style.
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