{"product_id":"9780747596479","title":"Cold Cream : My Early Life and Other Mistakes","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Mount, Ferdinand, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 02\/03\/2009,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 384 pages, Illustrations,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Autobiography: literary, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780747596479\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eCold Cream is a sparkling autobiography in the great tradition: wonderfully perceptive, exquisitely rendered and bursting with characters and anecdotes of every shade and hue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tender, moving and witty portrait of Ferdinand Mount's family and his early life, it follows his bumbling path from his decadent upbringing in the world of 'Hobohemia' to his schooldays at Eton, and from the boozy depths of Fleet Street in the 60s to his years at the vortex of Downing Street in the 80s as speech writer (much to his own bemusement) for Margaret Thatcher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery sentence radiates with fondness, intelligence and humour in this utterly charming anthology of an eccentric and colourful cast of people who defined their generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstone's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44177053647085,"sku":"9780747596479","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780747596479.jpg?v=1690216488","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780747596479","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}