Blind In One Ear [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]

MacNee, Patrick; Cameron, Marie

ISBN 10: 0916515583 / ISBN 13: 9780916515584

Published by Mercury House, 1989

About this Item

Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed "To Becky" by Patrick Macnee on the first free endpaper. No stated edition or number line (1st AMERICAN printing). Dust jacket has edgewear, now in a protective mylar sleeve. Book has shelfwear to the base of the spine and the bottoms of the boards and minor to the edges of the pageblock. The autobiography of Patrick Macnee, who played John Steed in the TV series "The Avengers" and "The New Avengers". Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Blind In One Ear [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: Mercury House
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916515583
• ISBN 13: 9780916515584
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First American edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The star of the 1960s TV series "The Avengers" recalls his unusual childhood and familial relationships and the adventures and misadventures of his later life as a celebrity

Reviews

Macnee was the star of the British TV series The Avengers , which aired for eight seasons and was popular in the U.S. His autobiography is interesting only in its early sections, which cover his childhood as the offspring of two upper-class English eccentrics. His mother took him to live with her lesbian lover, "Uncle Evelyn," whose mansion housed a veritable harem. His father was an alcoholic horse trainer who lived in India until he was barred. "Uncle Evelyn" financed Macnee's schooling at Eton, but he was expelled for bookmaking and selling pornographic photos. The balance of the memoir is standard show biz fare, of difficult years and eventual success, failed marriages and drinking problems. Photos not seen by PW.
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To the stereotypic British school boyhood of beatings and homosexual encounters, add a lesbian mother, an "Uncle Evelyn," and an absent alcoholic racehorse trainer father, and you have Macnee's almost gothic horror of a childhood. British actor MacNee's most famous role was John Steed in the popular TV series The Avengers . Though MacNee's unusual childhood is the most interesting aspect of this memoir, Avengers' fans will enjoy the insider's tidbits, especially regarding The Avengers' leading ladies (Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, Linda Thorson, and Joanna Lumley). No shocking revelations here, just a nice, frothy bit of British humor: MacNee's tongue-in-cheek style saves this from being maudlin. With The Avengers on video, there could be demand; otherwise, for larger collections.
- Rosellen Brewer, Monterey Cty. Free Lib., Seaside, Cal.
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