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Paperback / softback. New. This sparkling, revelatory biography by the award-winning author of <i>Michael Tippett </i>celebrates Noël Coward as a pioneer in life, art and sexuality - 'At last, the character of Noël Coward makes sense' (<i>The Critic</i>)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 634 pages, color, b&w illustrations. The voice, the dressing-gown, the cigarette in its holder, remain unmistakable. There is rarely a week when one of Private Lives, Hay Fever, and Blithe Spirit is not in production somewhere in the world. Phrases from Noël Coward's songs - "Mad About The Boy", "Mad Dogs and Englishman" - are forever lodged in the public consciousness. He was at one point the most highly paid author in the world. Yet some of his most striking and daring writing remains unfamiliar. As T.S. Eliot said, in 1954, "there are things you can learn from Noël Coward that you won't learn from Shakespeare". Coward wrote some fifty plays and nine musicals, as well as revues, screenplays, short stories, poetry, and a novel. He was both composer and lyricist for approximately 675 songs. And so daring was Coward's unorthdoxy in his closest relationships, obliquely… Read More

W&N, 2024. Paperback. New. 656 pages. 7.72x5.12x1.73 inches.

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023. Softcover. Good. Paperback, illustrations in colour and b/w, 8vo.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2023. Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.