A wonderful autobio by the most estimable Andrew Sachs, famed for his role as Manuel In Fawlty Towers, but with a distinguished preceding career as a stage actor.

Unlike most thesp bios, this one avoids tedious name-dropping and dull celeb anecdotes. That portion of Sachs' career is only a thin part of the sandwich. More than a third of the book - for me the most riveting - is the story of his early childhood as a Jewish boy in Nazi Berlin, later as a refugee in London. The final third of the book is devoted, as you would suspect, to Sachs' Manuel days, with some revealing addenda on the squalid Russell Brand business.

By hand to soon-to-be BCers Liz and Gareth. Enjoy!

Received yesterday .... We had talked about this book previously and I'm looking forward to reading this ..... Thanks Mike! Liz