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Biographical note
Alan Cumming's many awards for his stage and screen work include the Tony, Olivier, BAFTA and Emmy. He is the author of two children's books, a book of photographs and stories, a novel and a memoir, Not My Father's Son. He's also been known to sing and dance and is an amateur barman (NYC's Club Cumming).
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An intimate look at the making of a man, an actor, an advocate and - most importantly - a happy human being. Cumming is a natural raconteur, and this feels like a private conversation between the author and the reader. A wonderful book that is funny, honest, fearless and generous in its vulnerability
- DOUGLAS STUART,
Everything that makes Alan Cumming so engaging as a person and a performer - his cleverness, kindness, charm, wildness and, above all, authenticity - shines from every page of this wonderful, witty and wise book
- NIGELLA LAWSON,
A brilliantly gossipy memoir
* The Times *
It seems fundamentally unfair that Alan Cumming is, in addition to being a fine actor and a wicked performer, such a hell of a good writer. But he is. He's observant, honest, often trenchantly funny, always emotionally honest. He's an international treasure
- NEIL GAIMAN,
To read <i>Baggage</i> is to spend time with the most engaging companion in the world. Charm, wit, insight, entrancingly disarming self-knowledge, hilarious stories by the basketful, Alan Cumming's attributes are endlessly enriching and enchanting. Only one negative, I just hated to see the right-hand page count, the pages yet to be read, thinning down and reminding me, like a tolling bell, that this joyous ride was coming to an end
- STEPHEN FRY,
Alan Cumming's star quality belies a man and a writer of substance, who unpacks his life in this powerful memoir
* Scotsman *
Reading his books, you sense that Cumming can scarcely walk down the street without drama or incident . . . His stories flit between dinner party anecdote, Hollywood gossip and personal tragedy, switching tempo effortlessly
* Telegraph *
I could not love this man or this book more. Alan writes with such unvarnished truth and a humour that can only come from a brilliant mind, rapier wit and resilience from emotionally painful life experiences. This book - like Alan is off the page - is full of insight, compassion, intellect and wisdom. This is the best <i>Baggage</i> to have
- MONICA LEWINSKY,
A wonderfully entertaining book about [Cumming's] adventures in Hollywood that follows up the powerful <i>Not My Father's Son</i>
* Stylist *
Deliciously candid
* Daily Mail *
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Alan Cumming's many awards for his stage and screen work include the Tony, Olivier, BAFTA and Emmy. He is the author of two children's books, a book of photographs and stories, a novel and a memoir, Not My Father's Son. He's also been known to sing and dance and is an amateur barman (NYC's Club Cumming).
@alancumming | alancumming.com