Filling The Gap

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In 1959, when Terry-Thomas was a national television star, but had yet to find international fame in films like School For Scoundrels (which came out a year after this autobiography), he penned this amusing memoir. With less of a glittering career in showbusiness than he had later, the focus is on his childhood and early years as a clerk in Smithfield Market, where his dandiacal appearance caused umbrage among his superiors, clearly sensing the young fop was destined for greater things. On sartorial matters T-T waxes lyrical: “I like designing waistcoats; one I like is tomato-coloured with spots on it in darker tomato. I’m terribly fond of tomato soup, and with this waistcoat you can’t see the stains.” This is the first edition in good condition, with signs of its time as a library book.