Dear Dodie
The Life of Dodie Smith
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:19th Apr '11
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
An engrossing and vivid biography of Dodie Smith, author of The Hundred and One Dalmations and I Capture the Castle.
Frank and funny, unorthodox, liberated and quintessentially English, Dodie Smith, playwright and novelist, was the author of those immortal classics, The Hundred and One Dalmations and I Capture the Castle.Frank and funny, unorthodox, liberated and quintessentially English, Dodie Smith, playwright and novelist, was the author of those immortal classics, The Hundred and One Dalmations and I Capture the Castle. One of the most successful dramatists of her generation, she spent the war years in America, befriended Christopher Isherwood and, through Walt Disney's film, became a household name.
I have nothing but praise for this engrossing book, which on the one hand recreates a recent, but forgotten theatrical age, and on the other should introduce Dodie to a host of new readers. * Literary Review *
Beautifully written, warm and lively, with enough detachment for us to see Dodie for ourselves-Full of life and zip. * Joanna Trollope *
Valerie Grove's vivid biography is a brilliant feat of retrieval - nobody will be glad to finish this book. * Sunday Times *
Valerie Grove writes about Dodie with wit and discernment. This is a hugely enjoyable book. * Mail on Sunday *
A successful portrait of a powerful and original woman of devastating wit and intelligence. * Independent on Sunday *
ISBN: 9781845951733
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 20mm
Weight: 246g
352 pages