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Kenneth Williams’ diaries: brutally honest, hilarious, and harrowing confessions.

The Kenneth Williams Diaries

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  • Paperback

    864 pages

  • Release Date

    7 September 1994

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Summary

‘I’ll put you in my diary!’ comedian Kenneth Williams was known to threaten on occasion, although tantalisingly he kept the journal to himself during his lifetime. Here at last, in one spellbinding volume, are four million words of it.

For more than forty years, from his sixteenth birthday until the eve of his unexpected death in 1988, the beloved actor and outrageous ‘Carry On’ star Kenneth Williams kept a candid diary. Devastatingly honest about himself, he is equally unsparing in h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780006380900
ISBN-10:0006380905
Author:Russell Davies, Kenneth Williams
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperCollins
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:864
Release Date:7 September 1994
Weight:620g
Dimensions:54mm x 129mm x 198mm
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The Kenneth Williams Diaries by Russell Davies - ISBN: 9780006380900
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Critics Review

‘Annihilatingly honest…fascinating…these diaries cast a bizarre spell. They appeal, they delight, and now and then do both at once.’ Independent
‘Caustically compelling.’ Time Out
‘Unputdownable…with the appeal of eavesdropping on the conversation of a unique personality.’ Financial Times
‘Hilarious anecdotes abound.’ What’s On

About The Author

Russell Davies

Russell Davies is a journalist and broadcaster. He has worked as a newspaper columnist and critic, and presented numerous programmes on BBC Radio. He is the editor of ‘The Kenneth Williams Diaries’ and ‘The Kenneth Williams Letters’.

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