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"Niven's lovely autobiography is both honest and hilarious. There are stories about the prostitute with a heart of gold who taught him about sex when he was very young, shenanigans as an actor (screwups in a Pasadena Playhouse stage play early in his career, trying to sob before the corpse of Cathy on the set of Wyler's "Wuthering Heights"), but some of the best stories date from his years in British military service, with an eccentric comrade named Trubshawe. A delightful book."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Romance
Yes
job/profession:
- actor/actress
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- British
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
Story of entertainer?
- Movie Comedy Actor
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- very happy
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
- gentle
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Autobiography?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
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