With seven floors of striking architecture, UMoMA shows exhibitions of international contemporary art, sometimes along with art historical retrospectives. One of the bestselling memoirs of all time, The Moon's a Balloon is an account of one of the most remarkable lives Hollywood has ever seen. An intimate, gossipy, heartfelt and above all charming account of life inside Hollywood's dream factory, The Moon's A Balloon is a classic to be read and enjoyed time and again. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots.

One of the bestselling memoirs of all time, David Niven’s The Moon’s a Balloon is an account of one of the most remarkable lives Hollywood has ever seen. However, along with the “ripping yarns” comes my only caveat: you have to be happy to take quite a lot of what he tells you with a pinch of salt.

I only know this because I live with an incessant fact-checker and when I recounted some of Niven’s stories to him he went off to the internet to check they were 100% true… and well, they weren’t. Plus I did start to wonder if sometimes it was just how he remembered stuff and he was drunk at the time! Expelled from school, baptized by the Army and a London whore, David amusingly recounts his early adventures.

THE MOON'S A BALLOON is a wonderful record of a truly remarkable and warm-hearted man, told in his inimitable style. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Of the war itself, he tells of family life back in Britain and his time on the front line in France and Germany.The original version (with a blue cover, if I remember correctly) was on the bookshelves of the old family home when I was growing up.

Beginning with the tragic early loss of his aristocratic father, then regaling us with tales of school, army and wartime hi-jinx, Niven shows how, even as an unknown young man, he knew how to live the good life. Addeddate 2022-05-18 03:15:21 Identifier david-niven Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s28wsn8952r Ocr tesseract 5. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.The exhibitions are produced by UMoMA in collaboration with artists and museums around the world and they often attract international attention. I’ve already put the second volume of his autobiography on my TBR list to enjoy the next time I need to be swept up in some serious Hollywood glamour. Buono lo stato di conservazione, pagine perfettamente tenute, ossidate da tonalità seppia, con i tagli di colore verde. When he voluntarily went back into the army the second World War Two started I decided to forgive him a lot! Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.