A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and LettersDutton, 1984 - 358 pages |
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... interesting in more ways than one . It is of course ' for Henry ' , and in it I seem able to say what I cannot in the ordinary course of events . Barbara keeps looking back to her youth , and so I have an excuse for revealing some of my ...
... interesting in more ways than one . It is of course ' for Henry ' , and in it I seem able to say what I cannot in the ordinary course of events . Barbara keeps looking back to her youth , and so I have an excuse for revealing some of my ...
Page 285
... interesting person being ' done ' at the same time ? It must be slightly nerve- racking , however homely ! How nice of Gwendoline Butler to like my books ! I know of her but haven't actually read any of hers , though I did look for one ...
... interesting person being ' done ' at the same time ? It must be slightly nerve- racking , however homely ! How nice of Gwendoline Butler to like my books ! I know of her but haven't actually read any of hers , though I did look for one ...
Page 319
... interesting that some people definitely like SDD better than Quartet - Francis King , notably . But Lord David and Robert Liddell prefer Quartet and the earlier ones . My next , if it ever gets finished , will probably be a let down for ...
... interesting that some people definitely like SDD better than Quartet - Francis King , notably . But Lord David and Robert Liddell prefer Quartet and the earlier ones . My next , if it ever gets finished , will probably be a let down for ...
Contents
List of Illustrations vii | 9 |
Preface by Hazel Holt | xiii |
The Early Life by Hilary Pym I | xviii |
Copyright | |
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