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Article: Paperbacks; REVIEW.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 15, 2004
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Byline: SIMON SHAW
Alistair Cooke, by Nick Clarke Orion [pounds sterling]9.99 . [pounds sterling]8.49 (0870 165 0870) ****
When Alistair Cooke died earlier this year at the age of 95, millions of radio listeners across the globe, myself included, felt as if they had lost a friend.
Cooke was always able to make his audience feel included, although one shouldn't make too much of his mastery of the common touch. As Nick Clarke points out in this hugely readable biography, Cooke was always most at home in the company of fellow celebrities. It was typical, for example, that during his first trip to Hollywood he should have become friendly with the ...