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  • Published: 15 July 2006
  • ISBN: 9780099499749
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $24.99

In My Wildest Dreams




Leslie Thomas's classic autobiography, with a new introduction, reissued to coincide with his 75th year

From Barnardo boy to original virgin soldier; from apprentice journalist in London's Fleet Street to famous novelist...

At times funny, at times sad, but always honest and utterly compulsive, Leslie Thomas's story is straight out of fiction. As an orphan, he picked his way through the rubble of post-war Britain and was sent on national service to the Far East. Later he became a Fleet Street reporter, with hilarious experiences to relate, and then became the bestselling author of The Virgin Soldiers - the novel that, although scandalous in its day, is now recognised as a classic of its kind. He is also the creator of Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective, which has been adapted into a popular television series. In 2005, Leslie Thomas was awarded an OBE for services to literature.

With a new introduction for this edition, this is an amazing story, and Leslie Thomas's magic touch brings it crackling to life with warmth, wit and humour.

  • Published: 15 July 2006
  • ISBN: 9780099499749
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Leslie Thomas

Born in Newport, Monmouthshire in 1931, Leslie Thomas is the son of a sailor who was lost at sea in 1943. His boyhood in an orphanage is evoked in This Time Next Week published in 1964. At sixteen, he became a reporter, before going on to do his national service. He won worldwide acclaim with his bestselling novel The Virgin Soldiers, which has achieved international sales of over two million copies.

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Praise for In My Wildest Dreams

'Scenes rivalling the best of D. H. Lawrence'

Daily Telegraph

'Truly exciting'

Daily Mail

'Splendidly conveys...compassion, excitement, entertainment'

Evening Standard

Vividly readable... Leslie Thomas is one of nature's life enchancers

Sunday Express

A fine storyteller

Sunday Telegraph