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Original Title:	The Moon's a Balloon
ISBN:	0140239243 (ISBN13: 9780140239249)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	David Niven

The Moon's a Balloon Paperback | Pages: 327 pages

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One of the bestselling memoirs of all time, David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon is an account of one of the most remarkable lives Hollywood has ever seen. Beginning with the tragic early loss of his aristocratic father, then regaling us with tales of school, army and wartime hi-jinx, Niven shows how, even as an unknown young man, he knew how to live the good life. But it is his astonishing stories of life in Hollywood and his accounts of working and partying with the legends of the silver screen - Lawrence Oliver, Vivien Leigh, Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, Noel Coward and dozens of others, while making some of the most acclaimed films of the last century - which turn David Niven's memoir into an outright masterpiece. An intimate, gossipy, heartfelt 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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Title	:	The Moon's a Balloon
Author	:	David Niven
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 327 pages
Published	:	October 27th 1994 by Penguin (first published 1971)
Categories	:	Biography. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Humor. Biography Memoir

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Very interesting biography from one of the great actors of the Hollywood Contract system. I always enjoyed David Niven in the movies, particularly The Pink Panther, the Guns of Navarone, and Around the World in Eighty Days. His characters were always so suave and debonair.What I did not realize was that he was in the British Army, specifically the Highland Light Infantry. It was to be his career. I was a third into the book wondering how in heaven's name he was going to end up in Hollywood as an

I read this at some point in the '90s. I don't recall any details, just a general sense of having read something pleasant and somewhat entertaining, befitting of the biography of a true, English gentleman.

C1971: I have always felt that this is the best Hollywood autobiography. It helped that I always liked David Niven in films and the relatively early days of cinema are so interesting. However, his early life and career during the Second World War were, dare I say it, even more captivating. I am certain that, as with everyones memories, there were a few less than accurate details due to his reputation as being a raconteur of note. This is a laugh out loud funny book! I have re-read this book on

A self deprecating recount of a life lived to the brim.

Niven pretty much presents himself as an R-rated Beano character, and this collection of scrapes and practical jokes would arguably be better off in 'annual' format. I found the first half of the book, which deals with his schooling and the military, good fun. But the second half is a cavalcade of movie stars I know nothing about - I barely know who David Niven is, to be honest - so I lost interest. I expect if you have seen more than three films made before 1970 you will have a different

Possibly the best autobiography I have ever read and I have read many.It is surprising really as I am not a fan of David Niven and did not know a great deal about him prior to reading this book.It is very funny at times and the book flows like it was written by a seasoned writer.

This is the greatest autobiography I've ever picked off the shelf. Rather than have me go on and on about it's awesomeness, I'll give you some highlights from the first two chapters:the FIRST paragraph:"Nessie, when I first saw her, was seventeen years old, honey-blonde, pretty rather than beautiful, the owner of a voluptuous but somehow innocent body and a pair of legs that went on forever. She was a Piccadilly whore.""Grizel [my sister], who was two years older than me, became very interested