A Funny Thing Happened On The Way
- Author Nancy Spain
- Narrator Nathalie Buscombe
- Publisher Orion
- Run Time 7 hours and 50 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Architecture: small-scale domestic buildings, Biography: writers, Classic travel writing, Humour, Social groups: alternative lifestyles, Travel and holiday, Travel writing.
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What to expect
'A happy, hilarious book' Daily Express
Nancy Spain was one of the most celebrated - and notorious - writers and broadcasters of the 50s and 60s. Witty, controversial and brilliant, she lived openly as a lesbian (sharing a household with her two lovers and their various children) and was frequently litigated against for her newspaper columns - Evelyn Waugh successfully sued her for libel... twice.
Nancy Spain had a deep love of the Mediterranean. So it was no surprise when, in the 1960s, she decided to build a place of her own on the Greek island of Skiathos. With an impractical nature surpassed only by her passion for the project, and despite many obstacles, she gloriously succeeded. This classic memoir is infused with all Spain's chaotic brilliance, zest for life and single-minded pursuit of a life worth living.
Perfect for fans of A PLACE IN THE SUN and ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY
'Full of fun, and that zest of intelligence that never left her' Sunday Times
Critics Review
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Full of fun, and that zest of intelligence that never left her after she had become famous and a “name” … Sharing her own feelings of happiness was Nancy’s art and privilege, a rare one in this day and place
SUNDAY TIMES -
It is a happy, hilarious book … N Spain, as she liked to call herself, loved to make people laugh, very often at herself
DAILY EXPRESS -
Rumbustiously she rattles from childhood memories to TV gossip, anecdote, wisecrack, name-dropping and travelogue … a high-spirited projection of the admired and lamented image
DAILY TELEGRAPH -
Nancy’s great qualities were her zest for life and her warm, North-country heart
TATLER -
Have you ever read a book with this for a side-heading to a chapter: “put that angel down, you don’t know where she’s been”? No? Well, start right now
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS -
A gay, generous autobiography-cum-travel book which the author finished only a few hours before her tragic last flight
SUNDAY EXPRESS
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