Vanished Years is volume 2 of Everett's autobiography and Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins is the first volume- both are unputdownable (is that a word?). 'Rupe' comes across as lovely and intelligent, but the celebs he talks about sound absolutely ghastly, particularly the Hollywood ones, confirming all my prejudices! He seems to have worked with practically everyone from Orson Welles (terrifying) to Sharon Stone (bonkers) and is wonderfully indiscreet about them. I did get rather tired of the endless frenetic party-going and found it hard to work out whether he was in L.A. or Miami and whose bed he'd just vacated. Vanished Years is worth reading for his friendship with Isabella Blow, a touching and beautifully written account of her descent into madness and suicide. Madonna crops up at regular intervals in both books and I found myself deeply sympathetic to Guy Richie, the poor bloke who married her- he must have gone through hell! As a big fan of malicious gossip I can thoroughly recommend both these books. Enjoy! skimmed through a lot of it, as so many of it i find rather boring because i dont know those people he was talking about. it reminds me a bit of truman capote's answered prayers, but not so scandalous nor biting and bitchy as answered prayers. his style is trying to copy truman capote, i think. the blurb says it is like noel coward. maybe so, as it is not so bitchy as truman capote. there is the archness like the southern belle way of talking in john berendt's midnight in the garden of good and evil. i guess he was trying to combine all these styles. i think it would be a lot more fun to read if u know those people.
Well-written second volume of autobiography. Self-deprecating, bitchy, humorous and poignant.
—elewis
Sadder than his first memoir, but still wonderfully written. A book of love and loss.
—misterT
A hoot. Sharp and funny, and makes you very happy not to be famous...
—Bahia1995
full of stories like the first book very enjoyable
—Nella
Eloquently writtten.
—penny
