{"product_id":"parcel-arrived-safely-tied-with-string","title":"Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied with String","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Crawford, Michael\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Arrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e mass_market\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 26-09-2000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e By turns hilarious, revelatory and desperately sad, here is the autobiography of the man whose TV and stage appearances such as \u003ci\u003eHello Dolly!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSome Mothers Do `Ave 'Em\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom of the Opera\u003c\/i\u003e have made him a national institution. The story of the true identity of his father, which is behind this book's title, leads into an evocative depiction of his tender childhood years. Whilst all the men were away at war, Crawford was surrounded by loving women. For him this was an idyllic wartime childhood, but the return of the men in peacetime signalled darker times to come. Crawford's infectious enjoyment of stage work illumines his account of his early struggles to make a name for himself in the theatre business, and his early failures with girls are lifted by his abiding sense of the absurd. Both in his private life and his work as a successful actor and TV comedian, he begins a lifetime's habit of pratfalls that he would later turn to good use in the character of Frank Spencer in smash hit 1970s TV comedy show \u003ci\u003eSome\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMothers Do`Ave 'Em\u003c\/i\u003e. His talent for mimicry makes the great personalities in his life come alive on the page; people he has worked with, including Benjamin Britten who taught him to sing, John Lennon - with whom he shared a villa - and Oliver Reed, Michael Winner, Barbra Steisand, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099406419\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.2 x 4.3 x 1.2 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50105354486064,"sku":"Trans_9780099406419","price":825.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81QQRdN-gEL.jpg?v=1756731660","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/parcel-arrived-safely-tied-with-string","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}