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Gloucester Crescent : me, my dad and other grown-ups / William Miller.

By: Publication details: London : Profile Books, 2018.Description: 332 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781788160360 (hardback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 942.142083092 23
Summary: "Written through the eyes of a growing child, this is the story of a very particular family and their circle of brilliant, idealistic and intellectual friends in London in the 60s, 70s and 80s. We follow William through the ups and downs of childhood, as he explores the back gardens and homes of his famous neighbours, attends dramatic rehearsals with his dad Jonathan Miller, fails exams and is bullied at school, gets drugs from the philosopher A. J. Ayer's wife and tries to watch the moon landing with Alan Bennett and a room full of writers"--Inside front dust jacket.
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"Written through the eyes of a growing child, this is the story of a very particular family and their circle of brilliant, idealistic and intellectual friends in London in the 60s, 70s and 80s. We follow William through the ups and downs of childhood, as he explores the back gardens and homes of his famous neighbours, attends dramatic rehearsals with his dad Jonathan Miller, fails exams and is bullied at school, gets drugs from the philosopher A. J. Ayer's wife and tries to watch the moon landing with Alan Bennett and a room full of writers"--Inside front dust jacket.

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