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 Bücher
Richard Grant ist ein gefeierter Reiseschriftsteller, dessen Werk sich mit den aufregenden und oft gefährlichen Aspekten der Erkundung beschäftigt. Seine Erzählungen entführen die Leser in abgelegene Winkel der Welt und fangen den Geist des Abenteuers sowie die tiefgreifenden Erfahrungen in herausfordernden Umgebungen ein. Grant verbindet meisterhaft persönliche Reisen mit historischem Kontext und bietet eine einzigartige Perspektive auf die Orte, die er besucht, und den menschlichen Zustand darin.




The Deepest South of All
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Bestselling travel writer Richard Grant offers an entertaining and profound look at a city like no other.
With Nails
- 320 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
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.