A lot of this was very familiar but there was some lovely fresh stuff - the letters from Coward feel well trodden ground but the ones to him are really fascinating: TE Lawrence, Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Edna Ferber. Coward really loved the "c" word. Loved Marlene Dietric writing letters about how Yul Brynner would love bomb her then gaslight her.
Very long book but rewarding. Good companion piece to Day's other works.
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