| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
xv, 527 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2006. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-513) and index. |
| Contents |
The Hurst -- A patriot for us -- Mother and son -- "Every day is mother's day to me" -- Father and son -- The naked Christ -- Why Ozzy was expelled from school -- The first father figure -- The apprentice actor in search of a home -- What is truth and what is fable? -- Aunt Edna's knitting needles -- The apprentice playwright in search of an audience -- First love, first marriage -- First divorce -- A subject of scandal and concern -- The father reclaims the son -- Proceed to Texas -- Critics -- Context is all -- Three prize victims -- Success -- A typical night on Montana Street -- Take my wife-- puhleeze! -- Good, brave causes -- Damn you, England -- "The biggest floperoo ever" -- Runaway lovers -- Another perfect house party -- The case of Osborne's son -- Spiritual longing -- Third marriage -- Inadmissible evidence -- A patriot for me -- The death of George Devine -- Breakdown -- The real thing -- My dear Tony -- Lost illusions -- "The chapter of accidents" -- Watch it come down -- A better class of person -- Country matters -- What happened to Nolan -- En route to Shropshire -- Strindberg's man in England -- Déjàvu -- The end -- Epilogue and the search for faith. |
| Subject |
Osborne, John, 1929-1994.
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Osborne, John, 1929-1994. |
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Dramatists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Dramatists, English. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0375403159 |
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9780375403156 |
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