I Was Douglas Adams's Flatmate
eBook - ePub

I Was Douglas Adams's Flatmate

and Other Encounters with Legends

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

I Was Douglas Adams's Flatmate

and Other Encounters with Legends

About this book

Beginning life as a series on Radio 4, I Was Douglas Adams's Flatmate is a series of interviews that examine a great artist, politician or innovator from the perspective of an assistant, lover, muse, flatmate or editor who was indispensable to them at a key moment in their career.

We hear from Douglas Adams's flatmate who reveals how the writer got hooked on listening to Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights while writing Hitchhikers' Guide; Ernest Hemingway's La Secretaria, Sam Peckinpah's Girl Friday, Les Dawson's Gag-writer, Billie Holliday's Stand in, Will Carling's Physiotherapist, Johnny Cash's Tailor and David Beckham's Stylist, among others. McGibbon, who was Morrissey's drummer, engages the reader with the human behind the artist, providing a revealing insight into well known personalities.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9780571253197
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1 : I Was Douglas Adams’s Flatmate
  7. 2 : I Was Chet Baker’s Final Tour Manager
  8. 3 : I Was Will Carling’s Osteopath
  9. 4 : I Was Billie Holiday’s Stand-in at the Apollo in Harlem
  10. 5 : I Was Ernest Hemingway’s La Secretaría
  11. 6 : I Was Les Dawson’s Gag Writer
  12. 7 : I Was Tina Turner’s White Dancer
  13. 8 : I Was Moazzam Begg’s Lawyer
  14. 9 : I Was Sam Peckinpah’s Girl Friday
  15. 10 : I Was Johnny Cash’s Tailor
  16. 11 : I Was Dudley Moore’s First Bandleader
  17. 12 : I Was Morrissey’s Drummer
  18. Picture Credits
  19. About the Author
  20. Copyright