The Memoirs of an Amnesiac

The Memoirs of an Amnesiac is the autobiography of composer, radio, and television personality Oscar Levant.^[1] Published in 1965 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, it a best-seller, following a quarter-century after his first book, A Smattering of Ignorance.^[2]

Levant intersperses his reminisces about Hollywood in its heyday with one-liners and pithy quotes by himself and others.

References

^ Green, Abel (1965-08-08). "The Prank Was King; THE MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC. By Oscar Levant. 320 pp. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. $5.95". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
^ Whitcomb, Ian (1994-06-12). "Such Happy Songs : Oscar Levant dreamed of making great music, instead he became a genius of talk : The Life and Times of Oscar Levant, By Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger (Villard Books: $25; 518 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-02-22.

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[1] Green, Abel (1965-08-08). "The Prank Was King; THE MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC. By Oscar Levant. 320 pp. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. $5.95". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-22.

[2] Whitcomb, Ian (1994-06-12). "Such Happy Songs : Oscar Levant dreamed of making great music, instead he became a genius of talk : The Life and Times of Oscar Levant, By Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger (Villard Books: $25; 518 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-02-22.

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