Halfway To Hollywood : Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two) - Michael Palin

Halfway To Hollywood

Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two)

By: Michael Palin

Paperback | 29 January 2024 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback


$41.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $10.44 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 15 to 25 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

The second volume of diaries from one of Britain's best-loved national treasures.

After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE. Writing and acting in films and television then took over much of Michael Palin's life, culminating in the smash hit A FISH CALLED WANDA (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor), and the first of his celebrated television journeys for the BBC. He co-produced, wrote and played the lead in THE MISSIONARY opposite Maggie Smith, who also appeared with him in A PRIVATE FUNCTION, written by Alan Bennett.

Such was Michael's fame in the US that he was enticed into once again hosting Saturday Night Live (with his mother making a highly successful surprise guest appearance). Over the course of these diaries he films several more journeys for television and becomes chairman of the pressure group Transport 2000. His family remains a constant as his and Helen's children enter their teens.
Industry Reviews
Palin is splendid company . . . his entries are riddled with the astute wit and generosity of spirit that characterise both his performances and his previously published writing - THE TIMES

This is an entertaining and at times deeply moving read - MAIL ON SUNDAY

Palin's style is so fluid, and his sincerity so palpable, that it is often easy to underestimate just how talented he is as a comedian, a broadcaster and a writer - SUNDAY EXPRESS

More in Arts & Entertainment Biographies

From Under The Truck : A Memoir - Josh Brolin

RRP $34.99

$31.75

Uses for Obsession : A Chef's Memoir - Ben Shewry

RRP $34.99

$33.25

Love Stories - Trent Dalton

Hardcover

RRP $34.99

$31.75

Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass : Poems - Lana Del Rey
Kid A Mnesia : A Book of Radiohead Artwork - Thom Yorke

RRP $65.00

$48.75

25%
OFF
Audrey Hepburn : The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon - Megan Hess
Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes

RRP $27.99

$26.50

Don't Look Back, You'll Trip Over : My Guide to Life - Michael Caine
Entrances and Exits - Michael Richards

RRP $34.99

$31.75

Metallica All the Songs : The Story Behind Every Track - Benoit Clerc
Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly : Diddly Squat - Jeremy Clarkson
Taylor Swift Style : Fashion Through the Eras - Sarah Chapelle

RRP $49.99

$38.75

22%
OFF
Making It So : A Memoir - Patrick Stewart

RRP $55.00

$39.90

27%
OFF
Sonny Boy : A Memoir - Al Pacino

RRP $55.00

$41.80

24%
OFF
Shakespeare : The Man Who Pays The Rent - Dame Judi Dench

RRP $36.99

$33.25

10%
OFF
I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy

RRP $34.99

$31.75

In Gad We Trust : A Tell-Some - Josh Gad

RRP $34.99

$31.75

Diddly Squat : 'Til The Cows Come Home - Jeremy Clarkson

RRP $24.99

$23.75