Born in Swaziland in 1957, Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career, and has been a fixture on our screens since his breakout role in Withnail and I in 1987. When his beloved wife Joan died in 2021 after almost forty years together, she set him a challenge: to find a pocketful of happiness in every day.The result is this book.Set between the present day and flashbacks to delightfully indiscreet diary entries recalling landmarks from his remarkable life and glittering career, this is an immensely personal and profound memoir that celebrates and cherishes life’s unexpected joys.Funny, moving and perceptive, A Pocketful of Happiness is an insight into the life of a much loved British actor.
Richard E. Grant Libri
Richard Grant è un celebrato scrittore di viaggi la cui opera si addentra negli aspetti esaltanti e spesso pericolosi dell'esplorazione. Le sue narrazioni trasportano i lettori in angoli remoti del globo, catturando lo spirito di avventura e le profonde esperienze incontrate in ambienti difficili. Grant fonde magistralmente il viaggio personale con il contesto storico, offrendo una prospettiva unica sui luoghi che visita e sulla condizione umana al loro interno.




The Deepest South of All
- 288pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Bestselling travel writer Richard Grant offers an entertaining and profound look at a city like no other.
With Nails
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
This collection of diary entries follows Richard E. Grant's career from the cult movie Withnail and I to his experiences in Hollywood on such films as The Player and Dracula .
A Hollywood novel about Vyvian, interior designer to the stars; his “ sister” Marga, a supposedly deaf-mute masseuse; and “ Zeitgeist” , the biggest blockbuster ever made.