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作       者:Alan Whicker

出  版  社:HarperCollins

出版时间:2009-09-03

字       数:35.2万

所属分类: 进口书 > 外文原版书 > 文学/自传/回忆录

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The iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe, revisiting locations of significance to his life and career. Published to coincide with a major Bbc Tv series of the same name, this is a glorious celebration of 50 years in front of the camera. For as long as most can remember, Whicker has roamed far and wide in search of the eccentric, the ludicrous, and the socially-revealing aspects of everyday life as lived by some of the more colorful of the world's inhabitants. Since the late 1950s, when the long-running Whicker's World documentary was first screened, he has probed and dissected the often secretive and unobserved worlds of the rich and famous, rooting out the most implausible and sometimes ridiculous characters after gaining admittance to the places where they conduct their leisure hours. The great man's legacy contains a number of genuine television firsts. As well as landmark interviews with figures as diverse as Papa Doc, Paul Getty, and The Sultan of Brunei, he was a pioneer, covering subjects like plastic surgery, gay weddings, polygamy, swinging, and following gun-toting cops, fly-on-the-wall style, for British screens long before anyone else. This wonderful new book is the end product of a very personal journey. Whicker retraces his steps, catching up with some past interviewees and reflecting on how the world has changedfor good and badover the passing of time. Lyrical and uplifting, this autobiography is peppered with a celebrated globetrotter's brand of subtle satire.
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Cover Page

Title Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

UNKNOWN PLACES FIT FOR EAGLES AND ANGELS

1 - THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT

2 - A TALK WITH SOMEONE WHO'S NOT TREMBLING

3 - TWO LHASA APSOS AND A COUPLE OF PANTECHNICONS

4 - CITY OF DREADFUL JOY

5 - RELIEVING PATIENTS OF MANY POUNDS--ONE WAY OR THE OTHER

6 - RANDOLPH: AS RUDE TO AMBASSADORS AS HE WAS TO WAITERS

7 - NO ONE CARED ENOUGH

8 - STILL NO DEAL WITH THE DEVIL

9 - IN AMERICA'S SMARTEST SOCIAL RESORT ONLY THE LONELINESS GETS WORSE

10 - YOU DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THAT IN HELLO!

11 - IN MEXICO DEATH KNOCKS MORE OFTEN AND MUST MORE FREQUENTLY BE ADMITTED

12 - EASY TO TEACH WOMEN TO SHOOT, HARDER TO TEACH THEM TO KILL

13 - A POM WHO'S MADE GOOD--IF THAT'S THE WORD

14 - A MOST SIGNIFICANT PINNACLE OF CORAL

15 - THAT'S FOR THE RELEVANT DEMON-GIANT TO WORRY ABOUT

16 - ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE A SENSE OF IMPENDING DISASTER

17 - I'VE ALWAYS WISHED I HAD A BETTER PERSONALITY

18 - THEY FEED THE PIGS ON PASSION FRUIT, THE SHEEP ON WILD PEACHES

19 - TROUBLED SPIRITS, NEVER QUITE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR SKINS

20 - I DON'T MIND A BEATING PROVIDED IT'S BEDSTAKES AFTERWARDS

21 - THEY LIVE IN BAREFOOT POVERTY--AND NEVER SEE A MAN

22 - A FEW LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE TIDE RAN OUT

23 - NO MONEY, NO ENGLISH--AND NO TROUSERS

24 - I AWAITED THE STRETCHER-BEARERS, BLEEDING QUIETLY

25 - A RATHER SMALL UTRILLO

26 - THIRTY BODYGUARDS FOR DINNER

27 - THE RIGHT INTERESTS: LADIES, HORSE-RACING--AND TAKING THE LOCALS FOR A RIDE

28 - BACKSTAGE AT THE ROYAL PALACE

29 - NEVER A FRIENDLY ARMOURED DIVISION AROUND WHEN YOU NEED ONE

30 - THE PARTY'S OVER--IT'S TIME TO CALL IT A DAY

Index

Acknowledgements

Other Books By The Author

Copyright

About the Publisher

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