The Complete Smoking Diaries
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Complete Smoking Diaries
By (Author) Simon Gray
Granta Books
Granta Books
1st October 2013
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Diaries, letters and journals
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
822.914
Physical Properties
Hardback
864
Width 163mm, Height 240mm, Spine 58mm
1076g
Description
When he turned sixty-five, playwright Simon Gray began to keep a diary in which he reflected on a life filled with cigarettes (continuing), alcohol (stopped), several triumphs and many more disasters, shame, adultery, friendship and love. Bringing together the four parts of The Smoking Diaries (The Smoking Diaries, The Year of the Jouncer, The Last Cigarette, and Coda) this beautiful volume is filled with comedy and serious reflection, sharp observation and painful self-disclosure. A brilliant and moving account of life's unsteady progress, it takes the reader to the heart of one man's brilliant struggle towards some kind of personal truth.
Author Bio
SIMON GRAY was born in England in 1936 and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was the author of over 30 plays, including Butley, The Common Pursuit and Cell Mates, and published several volumes of diaries and books about the theatre, including Enter a Fox and Fat Chance, both published by Granta. He was awarded a CBE in 2005 and died in 2008.
