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.
| ISBN: | 9781847088482 |
| Publication date: | 5th September 2013 |
| Author: | Simon Gray |
| Publisher: | Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 864 pages |
| Genres: |
Memoirs Diaries, letters and journals Literary studies: plays and playwrights Humour |
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.
The Complete Smoking Diaries features in the following genres: Memoirs, Diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Humour
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The Complete Smoking Diaries was written by Simon Gray and published by Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications
The Complete Smoking Diaries has 864 pages