MIDDLE EAST DIARY

by Noel Coward ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 2, 1944

Probably- on his name -- this will sell. I found it a grave disappointment Noel Coward hero records his experiences touring the Near East front as an entertainer -- and the contrast with the heart-warming generosity of our entertainers. Bob Hope and Joe Brown, make this seem snobbish, self-centered, and singularly lacking in both humor and pathos. Occasional dry with, yes, but on the whole it leaves an impression of chit chat for a social column, the Embassies and Government Houses that entertained him, the celebrities he associated with, the drinking and eating and bathing in the Mediterranean -- a pattern occasionally interrupted by personal appearances for the armed forces, in which you get more of his own nervousness, and the inadequacy of the equipment than of the boys he had come to entertain. Bad Anglo-American propaganda.

Pub Date: Nov. 2, 1944

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1944

Categories: NONFICTION