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Snakes and Ladders. by Dirk Bogarde, 1921-1999 is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Snakes and Ladders. about?

This second volume of acting great Dirk Bogarde's six volumes of autobiography appeared in 1978, only a year after "A Postillion Struck By Lightning", his first book. Where that first one ended approximately at age 18, this one begins with his induction into the army in the late 1930's. He doesn't give a date for this induction - he jumps straight into overheard dialogue on the troop train, remembered apparently verbatim from 30 years earlier. This feel continues throughout the work. It's less anecdotal than an episodic retelling of events with as much detail as he can muster, which is lots. This level of detail places you there with him, in his past, suffering fright and boredom, looking toward an unknown, enviable future.

Author

Dirk Bogarde, 1921-1999

Publisher

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Published

1978

Language

EN

ISBN

9780701123772

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Memoir

Rating

3.61 / 5 (269 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14