{"product_id":"2026200018273-secondhand-the-noel-coward-diaries","title":"The Noel Coward Diaries","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\u003eFew figures in twentieth-century British culture burn as brightly as Noël Coward — playwright, actor, composer, wit, and bon vivant — and The Noël Coward Diaries grants an intimate, unfiltered audience with the man behind the legend. Spanning decades of an extraordinary life lived at the very epicentre of theatrical and social glamour, this meticulously edited collection chronicles Coward's personal reflections, sharp observations, and candid accounts of the celebrated and the scandalous, from wartime London to the glittering salons of New York and the Riviera.\n\nEdited by Graham Payn, Coward's longtime companion, and the distinguished biographer Sheridan Morley, the volume presents a portrait of genius that is by turns hilarious, poignant, and revelatory. The prose crackles with Coward's signature wit — acerbic yet deeply humane — illustrating not just a career but an entire cultural epoch as seen through the keenest of eyes. For admirers of theatrical history, celebrity memoir, and the art of the English sentence, this is an indispensable primary document that raises an irresistible question: what else did Noël Coward see that he never dared commit to the page?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022638907611,"sku":"2026200018273-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b9919631-3c85-47d7-ba94-2a700f6da050.png?v=1793665358","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018273-secondhand-the-noel-coward-diaries","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}