Loving Peter: My life with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (925 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0749929472 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Dissing the dirt" according to Suzy Sioux. I bought this book as I've always liked Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. However from the off it was obvious that this wasn't your usual seeping with false sentiment and unrealistic adoration of a pair of comic geniuses. What strikes me as I read this was that Judy manages to make you dislike them, yet her whining indifference and absolute refusal to stand up for hersel. Marilyn said Nice to hear about his life before we knew him. We miss Peter. Nice to hear about his life before we knew him.
This book, by his wife Judy, makes Cook seem both funnier and more insecure than you might have thought LONDON LITE the book tells me much I never knew SUNDAY TELEGRAPH If you think of Peter Cook, you think of the comic genius, the partnership with Dudley Moore and the alcoholic downfall. This book, by his wife Judy, makes Cook seem both funnier and more insecure than you might have though SCOTSMAN, October 2009 wonderful portrait of a marriage under extreme pressure, and it is remarkably riveting DAILY TELEGRAPH, March 2010
Judy Cook is the ex-wife of Peter Cook. Angela Levin is the author of Read All About It.
She writes with a mix of humor, insight, and sadness about one of the funniest, most enigmatic, and troubled men on the planet. Being intimate with Peter meant that Judy was inevitably close to Peter’s comic partner, Dudley Moore, and they all formed an extraordinary bond. She was in a unique position to observe the special relationship that Peter and Dudley shared, and the rivalry that existed between them. In Loving Peter, Judy gives a perceptive and poignant account of the Peter Cook that only she knew. Judy Huxtable, a beautiful "swinging Sixties" model and actress, met and fell in love with Peter Cook in 1967. They were together during the memorable hit shows Behind the Fridge and Derek and Clive, divorcing in 1989. She describes what he was like as a husband, performer, friend, father, and manand gives an inside view of what really made him tick; why he seemed to want to destroy those he loved the most; how he succumbed to the destructive forces of drink and drugs; and how he and Dudley really got on off-screen.