{"product_id":"9781911413639","title":"The Other Side of the Moon: The Life of David Niven","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘A highly readable work … Niven emerges as gallant and gracious.’ \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheridan Morley wrote this biography of the consummate on-screen English gentleman after speaking to over 150 of Niven’s friends and colleagues (only Rex Harrison refused). The result is a picture which both supports and contradicts the charming vagabond persona depicted in Niven’s own bestselling memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile millions throughout his life were enchanted by Niven’s happy-go-lucky charisma and world-class anecdotage, he was in many respects a private figure, haunted by a fear of failure, and a victim of several key tragedies in his personal life. Morley’s biography is a warm, appreciative but perceptive account which captures both sides of one of Hollywood’s most enduringly lovable figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘a compassionate account that goes past the blithe persona … yet, there is much humor—the actor’s and his biographer’s—in this notable book’ \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Head and shoulders above the average showbiz biography … He understands many of Niven’s deeper feelings’ \u003cem\u003eJohn Mortimer, Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A well-told story … the darker side as well as the mask of a complex and perhaps desperate character. He was a life-enhancer off-screen as well as on’ \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Shrewd and pleasing; shows how dark Niven’s moon could be’ \u003cem\u003eAlexander Walker, Evening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dean Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050821959920,"sku":"9781911413639","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911413639_p0.jpg?v=1763630820","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911413639","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}