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'This is a devil-may-care, extremely endearing book with not a luvvie line in it. "Absolute bollocks. Total fun."'
(Sunday Times )'Havers could charm the knickers off a nun. Wonderfully aristocratic-looking, a great raconteur... he comes across as the sort of man you would kill to have dinner with.'
(Daily Mail )'PLAYING WITH FIRE is a highly amusing read, self-deprecating, surprisingly well-written and it zips along at a rate of knots'
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'This is a devil-may-care, extremely endearing book with not a luvvie line in it. "Absolute bollocks. Total fun."' -- The Sunday Times 'Havers could charm the knickers off a nun. Wonderfully aristocratic-looking, a great raconteur... he comes across as the sort of man you would kill to have dinner with.' -- The Daily Mail 'Playing With Fire "is a highly amusing read, self-deprecating, surprisingly well-written and it zips along at a rate of knots' -- Scotsman Magazine
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Some reviewers and some critics have 'panned' this book and I readily admit that it is no literary masterpiece. However, books are surely for enjoying, too, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Nigel Havers's charmed upbringing and sometimes hare-brained adventures in the social, film and theatre worlds. Mr Havers may not be a star writer, but I give him five stars for entertaining me, and he is undoubtedly one of Britain's finest theatrical and film stars. His tales are well worth telling, too, and have been well told.
If I have a criticism at all to offer, it is that some may object to the author's 'Hooray Henry' language and lifestyle. I also found two disconcerting and inexcusable spelling errors, one being when he brags to a gun enthusiast film director in Los Angeles of having a pair of 'Purdys' (they're Purdeys, Nigel!), and another when, in various instances early on in the book, he mentions his old prep school headmaster, 'Charles Blackburn.' As I attended (several years earlier) the same school near Bury St. Edmund's, in Suffolk, I remember very well Charles Blackburne. We boys were encouraged to call him 'Charles' and that was thought to be very progressive at the time.
From his happy and privileged childhood to his present 'maturity,' Nigel Havers has been a fun person and this is a fun book through and through: get it now!
If I have a criticism at all to offer, it is that some may object to the author's 'Hooray Henry' language and lifestyle. I also found two disconcerting and inexcusable spelling errors, one being when he brags to a gun enthusiast film director in Los Angeles of having a pair of 'Purdys' (they're Purdeys, Nigel!), and another when, in various instances early on in the book, he mentions his old prep school headmaster, 'Charles Blackburn.' As I attended (several years earlier) the same school near Bury St. Edmund's, in Suffolk, I remember very well Charles Blackburne. We boys were encouraged to call him 'Charles' and that was thought to be very progressive at the time.
From his happy and privileged childhood to his present 'maturity,' Nigel Havers has been a fun person and this is a fun book through and through: get it now!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I live in NY and had the book shipped from the UK ... so you have to assume I really wanted to read it. OK, he may not be Laurence Olivier, but neither are most actors. He loves his work. The entanglements with such notables as Alec Guiness, David Lean, Michael Cain .. were most enjoyable. Being a follower of Lean and Guiness, I very much enjoyed the passages about their history together. It was the negative reader reviews that prompted me to write my own review. In the US, people tend to be very hard on "attractive" people .. as if they are envious of the fact that life may have come easy to them. I believe in Mr. Haver's case, there was the 90% sweat factor which got him to where he is today and I very much look forward to his next production. AND I strongly recommend this book!!!!!!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Nigel Havers provides a lightweight, diverting read, but don't expect any deep insights or profundity. There are enjoyable anecdotes about his filming and theatrical exploits, interesting insights on his co-stars and the book exudes his rakish charm, but he doesn't really cover himself in glory when describing his private life. The book ends rather suddenly in mid-career, so it is to be hoped that there'll be a second volume.
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What fun this man is
Always loved Nigel Havers, and this book been very nice to read and a good example to anyone who wants to be an actor. Not just glamour but very hard work!! Read more
Published 21 months ago by Laureen J. Webster
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I could not really get in to this book. I felt there was little about the man and more about a career. There is a surprising lot of bad language used.
Published 22 months ago by Dave
Play with fire
A sad and Lonely man who's only lever against the world is to ask hotels to remove the energy saving light bulbs from his rooms, and rage against cyclists. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2007 by Under stairs
A pleasent read...
Has some great humour and anecdotes.. this is a worthwhile read.. even more worthwhile when it comes out in paperback. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2007 by ingram
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