The Moon's a Balloon: The Guardian’s Number One Hollywood Autobiography

David Niven

Apr 2005 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

ONE OF THE BESTSELLING MEMOIRS OF ALL TIME WITH OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

Discover the heartfelt, laugh-out-loud account of one of Hollywood's greatest actors and, above all, greatest men

Debonair English wit and humourist extraordinaire, star of The Pink Panther, Casino Royal and Around the World in 80 Days, few Hollywood actors are remembered as fondly as David Niven.

In this bestselling autobiography, Niven shows how, even as an unknown young man, he knew how to live the good life, regaling us with tales of school expulsion and wartime hi-jinks. However, it is his accounts of working and partying with the legends of the silver screen - from Lawrence Oliver and Vivien Leigh to Elizabeth Taylor, Noel Coward and dozens of others - that turn this memoir into an outright masterpiece.

An intimate, gossipy, warm and above all charming account of life inside Hollywood's dream factory, The Moon is a Balloon is a classic to be read and enjoyed time and again.

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'An immensely enjoyable, witty and racy memoir' Sunday Times

'Forthright, bawdy, and often hilarious, zany and zestful, his anecdotes should keep you entertained for hours' Sunday Express

'Niven's life was Wodehouse with tears' John Mortimer

Ratings and reviews

This book i have read a number of times and still manages to bring a smile and a chuckle, will keep you interested all the way through. Then read bring on the empty horses another amusing account of his later life

A MUST READ..... I read The Moon's a Balloon many years ago and still I remember how funny this book is. A brilliant actor a gentle ~ man on screen a silly bugger off screen. Buy the book it's worth every penny.

The more I read the more I can relate to Mr Niven seems like a decent Man.

About the author

David Niven was born in London in 1910. He was one of Britain's best known actors and, in later years, a bestselling author - his autobiography, The Moon's A Balloon which was first published in 1971, sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Often remembered for playing the archetypal English gentleman, he made ninety films during a career that stretched over forty years. He died in 1983.