Autobiography
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My Beloved Monster by Caleb Carr review – love letter to an adored companion | Autobiography and memoir
She had eyes that were “remarkable for their deep amber colour, as well as for their enormous size and proportion…
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Granta publisher Sigrid Rausing: ‘Working while grieving was consoling’ | Autobiography and memoir
Sigrid Rausing, 62, is a publisher and former editor of Granta magazine. When her best friend, the acclaimed Swedish writer…
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Shattered by Hanif Kureishi review – picking up the pieces | Autobiography and memoir
‘All day, all night the body intervenes,” wrote Virginia Woolf in On Being Ill. It “blunts or sharpens, colours or…
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Shattered by Hanif Kureishi review – broken, bedbound, but unbowed | Autobiography and memoir
In Rome on St Stephen’s Day 2022, the writer Hanif Kureishi took a fall that left him almost completely paralysed.…
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We All Shine On: John, Yoko & Me by Elliot Mintz review – life as a confidant, fixer… and flunky | Autobiography and memoir
It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that what the average civilian really craves in life is a little proximity…
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Patriot by Alexei Navalny review – the man who dared to defy Putin | Autobiography and memoir
Alexei Navalny knew how it would end: “I’ll spend the rest of my life in prison and die here.” He…
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Patriot by Alexei Navalny review – last testament | Autobiography and memoir
Alexei Navalny was watching his favourite cartoon show, Rick and Morty, when he suddenly felt unwell. He was 21 minutes…
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Sonny Boy: A Memoir by Al Pacino review – a South Bronx miracle | Autobiography and memoir
Halfway through his new memoir, Al Pacino recalls a crisis that unfolded on the set of The Godfather while filming…
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Sonny Boy: A Memoir by Al Pacino review – from fish out of water to Hollywood star | Autobiography and memoir
Al Pacino, whose nickname “Sonny Boy” comes from the Al Jolson song of that title, begins this fine memoir in…
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What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci review – one bite too many? | Autobiography and memoir
I must admit that I was slightly surprised by the appearance of Stanley Tucci’s latest book. If I were to…
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