{"product_id":"the-diaries-of-kenneth-tynan-9781582341606","title":"The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn engaging  and intimate look at one of the most feared and respected critics of our time.  Be light  stinging  insolent  and melancholy were the words hanging over the desk of Kenneth Tynan in his early days as a critic for the London Observer  and his journals are just that. For Tynan  arguably the greatest critic of the twentieth century  all life was theater and demanded to be conveyed as such. Whether he is feverishly recording his impressions of the historic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman  recounting a scandalously successful meeting between Marlene Deitrich and John F. Kennedy  or venting his frustrations about working with Laurence Olivier  Tynans wicked observations are consistently clever and inspired.  Tynans journals are an intoxicating mix of aesthetics  theater  love  sex  and politics from the perspective of a man who often served as confidant to the glittering personalities of his age. Already excerpted in the New Yorker  they offer not only an uncensored glimpse into the man himself but also an informed and irreverent view of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647890186293,"sku":"ByrdShop_1582341605","price":42.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781582341606.jpg?v=1781699096","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-diaries-of-kenneth-tynan-9781582341606","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}