Simon Gray

The Early Diaries by Simon Gray offers a witty, painful, and acutely observed account of the highs and lows encountered while bringing two of his plays to the stage. An Unnatural Pursuit details the London production of The Common Pursuit, capturing the nail-biting process of finding a producer, navigating rehearsals, and conducting the first-night post-mortem. It provides an enthralling insight...

In the three volumes of The Smoking Diaries, one of Britain's most amusing and original writers reflects on a life filled with cigarettes (continuing), alcohol (stopped), several triumphs and many more disasters, shame, adultery, friendship, and love. Few diarists have been as frank about themselves, and even fewer as entertaining. This beautiful boxed set contains paperbacks of The Smoking Diaries...