The Kenneth Williams Diaries

"I’ll put you in my diary!" was a threat comedian Kenneth Williams was known to make, though he kept the journals strictly to himself during his lifetime. Now, in one spellbinding volume, those four million words are finally revealed. For more than forty years—from his sixteenth birthday until the eve of his unexpected death in 1988—the beloved actor and outrageous *Carry On* star kept a candid record of his life. Devastatingly honest about himself and equally unsparing in his verdicts on others, Williams gives full rein to his waspish humor and ear for dialogue. Featuring sharp descriptions of figures like Tony Hancock, Maggie Smith, and Joe Orton, *The Kenneth Williams Diaries* is a malicious, hilarious, and harrowing portrait of one of Britain’s most popular yet misunderstood performers.

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