There and back : diaries 1999-2009 /
by Palin, Michael.
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BookPublisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2024Description: xxi, 570 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781474612753 (hbk.) :; 147461275X (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 PALSubject(s): Palin, Michael -- Diaries | Actors -- Great Britain -- Diaries | Comedians -- Great Britain -- Diaries | Performing Arts | Performing Arts | Biography & non-fiction prose | Diaries, letters & journalsSummary: A new millennium, and a new chapter for Michael Palin unfolds. With a Hemingway travel project testing his confidence, doubts creeping in about his abilities as a writer, the death of his great friend George Harrison and the last of his children leaving home, the dawn of the twenty-first century sees Michael at his most reflective yet. Over the next ten years, we watch through Michael's eyes as the world reels from the successive shocks of September 11, the 7/7 bombings and the global financial crash. With the warmth and gentle empathy that have endeared him to millions of fans over the decades, Michael documents the day-to-day detail of living in a world buffeted by such powerful winds of change.
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| 920 PAI Quiet genius : Bob Paisley, British football's greatest manager / | 920 PAL All of me | 920 PAL Great-uncle Harry : a tale of war and empire / | 920 PAL There and back : diaries 1999-2009 / | 920 PAR Dolly | 920 PAR Hands of an angel | 920 PAR Like father, like son : a family story / |
Includes index.
A new millennium, and a new chapter for Michael Palin unfolds. With a Hemingway travel project testing his confidence, doubts creeping in about his abilities as a writer, the death of his great friend George Harrison and the last of his children leaving home, the dawn of the twenty-first century sees Michael at his most reflective yet. Over the next ten years, we watch through Michael's eyes as the world reels from the successive shocks of September 11, the 7/7 bombings and the global financial crash. With the warmth and gentle empathy that have endeared him to millions of fans over the decades, Michael documents the day-to-day detail of living in a world buffeted by such powerful winds of change.
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