‘Max
Bygraves - in His Own Words’
A vivid account of a rich life that has
so many facets. A real warmth glows
from the pages with gratitude expressed to his wife Bloss and the
rest of his extensive family to which he is very close. You learn
that Max’s dad was a docker by day and also a 5’4”,
flyweight earning enough by night to keep his young family, if
not in comfort, then without want. Max has total recall of events
in the twenties and thirties during a time of hardship for everyone
before the safety net of the welfare state.
A letter from Des O’Conner asking
for advice on how to enter show business makes for a hilarious
anecdote. There is also an account of a plague of cane toads in
New South Wales. All in all a fascinating picture of life in the
rarefied world of show business. |
