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Author:
Alan Cumming
Publisher:
Dey Street Books
Date:
October 26, 2021
The second part of actor and performer Alan Cumming's memoirs, after Not My Father's Son.
What The Reviewers Say
Mercurial is a word often used of Cumming; and the quicksilver quality of his personality and career is fully and sometimes brilliantly reflected in this memoir, which charts the ups and downs of his private life against the backdrop of a breathtakingly successful and varied working life.
It’s easy to see why he’s so popular: Cumming is delightful company, urbane, self-deprecating and mischievously funny, not above a dishy anecdote or a throwaway dirty pun.
In general, I'm not one for celebrity memoirs, but "Baggage" captivated me from the very first sentence.
... the actor’s diverting new memoir reads as if Cumming is across the table, reeling off piquant and revelatory personal anecdotes over a meal and a couple of bottles of prosecco. Told in an exuberant voice, with ample humor, delightful asides and exclamation points, Baggage: Tales From a Fully Packed Life serves up reminiscences that are both intimate and glittery.
