Philip Hensher

Getting even

Just Me, by Sheila Hancock<br /> My Word is My Bond, by Roger Moore<br /> Me Cheeta, by Cheeta

issue 27 September 2008

Just Me, by Sheila Hancock
My Word is My Bond, by Roger Moore
Me Cheeta, by Cheeta

Everyone knows what the Hollywood autobiography is like. It contains the assurance that the author has been made to feel exceptionally ‘humble’ exactly at those points where someone ordinary might expect to feel smug and triumphant — a knighthood, or an Oscar.

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