My Name Escapes Me - Alec Guinness

I’m not the worlds greatest reader, whenever I do pick up a book it tends to be something you can easily dip in and out of without worrying about forgetting any key plot points along the way – out of the few books I have recently read, this diary from Sir Alec Guiness is one which I had enjoyed immensely. Rather sadly Guiness is probably best remembered for his roles in the Star Wars movies, now, before all the star wars fans start attacking me, I’m a fan of the movies myself but it’s obvious that the role of Obi-wan Kenobi wasn’t exactly the most taxing of parts he played. Many of his fans would do well to look at some of the ...

Sir Alec Guinness is perhaps best known to the younger generation (in which I still include myself despite yet another forthcoming bithday!) for the role of Obi Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars trilogy. I guiltily admit that this was the reason why I picked up this book, aware of course that Star Wars was a fairly late stopping point in a long and distinguished career. I am very glad that I did pick it up however. In 'My name escapes me', Guinness welcomes us into his life for a year-and-a-half between New Year's day 1995 and June 1996. There is a certain risk taken when publishing a diary that it will not be of that much interest to the average ...