Richard Grant Books in Order

Richard E. Grant records his experiences in the film industry after landing the lead in Withnail and I. Encounters with actors and directors mingle with personal anxiety and self-doubt as an outsider navigates the extraordinary world of Hollywood filmmaking.

Hollywood interior designer Vyvian works among the stars while his supposed sister Marga operates as a deaf-mute masseuse. Their lives intersect with the production of an enormous blockbuster, exposing the eccentric relationships and ambitions surrounding the film business.

Richard E. Grant chronicles the troubled production of his autobiographical film Wah-Wah, his first project as writer and director. Financial strain, clashes with a producer, and negotiations to film in Swaziland test his determination to bring childhood memories to the screen.

After his wife Joan dies, Richard E. Grant tries to honor her request to find happiness each day. Drawing on diaries, he revisits their decades together, the demands of acting and parenthood, and the painful adjustment to life without her.