The Lost Diaries Book

The Lost Diaries is a wide-ranging anthology of the world's greatest diarists each of them channelled onto paper through the considerable psychic force that is Craig Brown. Arranged on a day-to-day basis spread throughout an entire year these diary extracts form a patchwork quilt of observation reflection contemplation and above all self-promotion. As the months unfold different diarists offer their insights on the events that pass: John Prescott on going to Royal Ascot Nigella Lawson on preparing Christmas lunch W.G. Sebald on enjoying an ice lolly by the beach Karl Lagerfeld on the need for an umbrella in Spring. Among over 200 diarists featured are Martin Amis Jordan Germaine Greer The Duchess of Devonshire President Barack Obama Philip Roth HM the Queen Heather Mills McCartney Victoria Beckham Ludwig Wittgenstein Sir Cecil Beaton John Prescott Mohamed Fayed Harold Pinter Yoko Ono Barbara Cartland Jilly Cooper Christopher Ricks Jeremy Clarkson Jeanette Winterson Sylvia Plath Keith Richards Maya Angelou and Frank McCourt. The Lost Diaries is the first time all Craig Brown's greatest parodies have been gathered together in one book.Arranged day-by-day full of invigorating and sometimes shocking juxtapositions they constitute a treasure-trove choc-a-bloc with all the fantasies and illusions of our times.