A Marvellous Party: The Life of Bernard King by Stephanie Clifford-Smith

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Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Pages have sunned. Interior and binding are still very good.

Australia's first true chef and infamous talent-quest judge, Bernard King (1934-2002), led an extraordinary life. Along with his goldmine of gastronomic knowledge, he had lashings of entertainment experience as everything from fashion-parade compare to drag-show producer.

From his early years on a Queensland dairy farm to a long and successful stage and television career, King was the personality who divided the nation. Politically incorrect, outrageous and always razor-witted, it was impossible to feel ambivalent about him.

Drawing on exclusive final interviews just weeks before his tragic death, Stephanie Clifford-Smith uncovers Bernard's life and loves and tracks his career from its dizzying highs to its heartbreaking lows. Bernard was notorious for being brutally frank throughout his life—about himself and others—and he remained so until the end.

Witty, acerbic, and unblushingly honest, A Marvellous Party reveals the shocking, entertaining, and colourful life of one of television's most charismatic and best-loved characters.