{"product_id":"2026200016126-secondhand-the-moons-a-balloon","title":"The Moon's A Balloon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Hollywood's most charming and beloved figures, David Niven, presents his life story with the same wit, warmth, and disarming candour that made him a legend both on and off the silver screen. The Moon's a Balloon chronicles Niven's remarkable journey from a mischievous Scottish schoolboy and wayward soldier to one of Hollywood's most enduring leading men, painting a vivid and often hilarious portrait of a life lived to the absolute fullest. Populated with unforgettable anecdotes involving the greatest stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood — from Errol Flynn to Marlene Dietrich — the memoir is as forthright and bawdy as it is genuinely moving.\n\nNiven's prose style is effortlessly elegant yet bracingly honest, striking a tone that is simultaneously self-deprecating and deeply perceptive about the surreal machinery of fame and the film industry. Hailed by the *Sunday Express* as the funniest volume of reminiscences for ages, this worldwide bestseller stands as one of the finest celebrity memoirs ever written, a testament to a man who understood that life, much like the moon, is best appreciated from a distance — with a drink in hand and a story ready to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342777622747,"sku":"2026200016126-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b2610f2d-f3ca-45b7-8095-9bf9f640f032.png?v=1790049269","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016126-secondhand-the-moons-a-balloon","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}