London guests staying hate it. Keeps them awake all night they complain. The bleating in the utter stillness. I heal with it; as you did.This epistolary collection finds Bogarde at his most honest and touching; engaging in conversation with a woman he has never met and whose only interest in him comes from the simple fact that he now happens to live in a house that she once owned. These letters provide an insight into the wit and intelligence of a great man without the stifling constraints of other literary forms. It presents us with a platform and a relationship that allows Bogarde to freely reminisce; discuss politics; gossip about those around him and provide razor-sharp cameo portraits of the famous. The letters were all composed before Bogarde saw himself as an author and stand as a testament to his literary talent; his domestic sensibilities; as well as his unquestionable compassion in sharing so much with a complete stranger. First published in 1989; A Particular Friendship follows Bogardes first four memoirs.
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