In My Wildest Dreams - Softcover

Leslie Thomas

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 014008066X ISBN 13: 9780140080667

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, 1986

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Beginning with his early childhood in South Wales, this autobiography of Leslie Thomas describes his early life. We then follow him through his hilarious antics as an apprentice on a local newspaper and his two years of National Service. This is the story of one of Britain's best-loved writers.

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About the Author:

Born in Newport, Monmouthshire, 1931, Leslie Thomas is the son of a sailor who was lost of sea in 1943. His boyhood in an orphanage is evoked in This Time Next Week published in 1964. At sixteen, he became a reporter, before going on to do his national service. He won worldwide acclaim with his bestselling novel The Virgin Soldiers. In 2005, Leslie Thomas received an OBE for services to literature.

Review:

"'Scenes rivalling the best of D. H. Lawrence'" * Daily Telegraph * "'Truly exciting'" * Daily Mail * "'Splendidly conveys...compassion, excitement, entertainment'" * Evening Standard * "Vividly readable... Leslie Thomas is one of nature's life enchancers" * Sunday Express * "A fine storyteller" * Sunday Telegraph *

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