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Looking Back: Never Explain, Never Apologise: "Better Class of Person: An Autobiography, 1929-56", "Almost a Gentleman: An Autobiography, 1955-66"

Looking Back: Never Explain, Never Apologise: "Better Class of Person: An Autobiography, 1929-56", "Almost a Gentleman: An Autobiography, 1955-66"
By John Osborne

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #281542 in Books
  • Published on: 2004-03-18
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 592 pages

Editorial Reviews

Synopsis
e single-volume edition of Osborne's two autobiographical works, "A Better Class of Person: 1929-1956" and "Almost a Gentleman: 1955-1966". The book also contains a review of the former by Alan Bennett entitled "Bad John", and David Hare's eulogy delivered at Osborne's memorial service in 1995.

From the Back Cover
When John Osborne died at Christmas 1994, his obituaries cited his autobiographical writings as perfect examples of undiluted talent and acerbic wit. Now, Osborne's superb autobiographies, `A Better Class of Person: 1929-1956' and `Almost a Gentleman: 1955-1966' (winner of the J. R. Ackerley Prize), are available for the first time in one volume, `Looking Back'.

'A brilliant, funny, melancholy and acrimonious book of memoirs . . . Almost every page confirms that his powers as an elegist, definer of the Zeitgeist and master of unforgiving disgust remain undimmed.' Observer

This volume also contains 'Bad John', a review by Alan Bennett of `A Better Class of Person', and David Hare's eulogy for John Osborne at the memorial service for Osborne in 1995.