Intimate and full of revelations

"George is a first-class gossip with a stirringly viperish tongue. Straight never fails to entertain or provide food for thought."

"The best book I've read in a long while. I read it twice in one sitting - it made me howl with laughter and burst into tears."

"Such a fun read."

Who wouldn't feel a rush of delight to see the stand-up and perennial panel show host Jason Manford peeking out of their Christmas stocking?

Callow's precise prose and sober judgement make this second volume of biography one to be cherished and leaves one eagerly anticipating volume three

Callow's riveting and superlative biography satisfies at every level, and I for one cannot wait for the next volume

A vivid, sympathetic account... provides a definitive explanation of Welles's ultimate, lingering downfall

I am already looking forward to [the third volume] such is Callow's sympathetic absorption in the mass of material, which he handles with a light and ironic touch, that I found myself utterly hooked... As an actor himself Callow writes illuminatingly about Welles's performances

Callow's enterprise is one of the rarest in publishing. It leaves the reader dry-mouthed with anticipation for his final, third volume

The only biog really worth it's salt this year...reliably entertaining, wise and sane

Welles’s packed schedule is rifled through with chatty elegance