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A Marvellous Party

The Life of Bernard King

By: Stephanie Clifford-Smith

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A Marvellous Party

The Life of Bernard King

By: Stephanie Clifford-Smith

There once was a King called Bernard. While he was not a very bad king, he was also not the most pious of kings. Until it came to entertaining and pleasing people. Then, and only then, did he reign supreme as producer, actor, TV and radio star, commander of culinary arts, darling of the social set, landscape gardener, and Dutch Uncle to every wayward lush in town . . .' Australia's first true celebrity chef and infamous talent-quest judge, Bernard King, led an extraordinary life. Along with his goldmine of gastronomic knowledge he had lashings of entertaining experience as everything from fashion-parade compere to drag-show producer. From his early years on a Queensland dairy farm to a long and successful stage, cabaret and television career, King was the personality who divided the nation. Politically incorrect, outrageous and always razor-witted, it was impossible to feel ambivalent about him. Drawing on exclusive final interviews just weeks before his tragic death, Stephanie Clifford-Smith uncovers Bernard's life and loves, and tracks his career from its dizzying highs to its heartbreaking lows. Bernard was notorious for being brutally frank throughout his life - about himself as well as others -and he remained so until the end. Witty, acerbic and unblushingly honest, A MARVELLOUS PARTY reveals the shocking, entertaining and colourful life of one of television's most charismatic and best-loved characters. 'the tart-tongued terror of the TV talent quest' DAILY MIRROR 'Bernard King's gravestone makes rude remarks about surrounding gravestones . . .' CNNNN rolling newsbar

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1740512995

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A Marvellous Party

The Life of Bernard King

By: Stephanie Clifford-Smith

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A Marvellous Party

The Life of Bernard King

By: Stephanie Clifford-Smith

There once was a King called Bernard. While he was not a very bad king, he was also not the most pious of kings. Until it came to entertaining and pleasing people. Then, and only then, did he reign supreme as producer, actor, TV and radio star, commander of culinary arts, darling of the social set, landscape gardener, and Dutch Uncle to every wayward lush in town . . .' Australia's first true celebrity chef and infamous talent-quest judge, Bernard King, led an extraordinary life. Along with his goldmine of gastronomic knowledge he had lashings of entertaining experience as everything from fashion-parade compere to drag-show producer. From his early years on a Queensland dairy farm to a long and successful stage, cabaret and television career, King was the personality who divided the nation. Politically incorrect, outrageous and always razor-witted, it was impossible to feel ambivalent about him. Drawing on exclusive final interviews just weeks before his tragic death, Stephanie Clifford-Smith uncovers Bernard's life and loves, and tracks his career from its dizzying highs to its heartbreaking lows. Bernard was notorious for being brutally frank throughout his life - about himself as well as others -and he remained so until the end. Witty, acerbic and unblushingly honest, A MARVELLOUS PARTY reveals the shocking, entertaining and colourful life of one of television's most charismatic and best-loved characters. 'the tart-tongued terror of the TV talent quest' DAILY MIRROR 'Bernard King's gravestone makes rude remarks about surrounding gravestones . . .' CNNNN rolling newsbar

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308

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Transworldpublisher

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ISBN 10

1740512995

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9781740512992