Detailed item info | Synopsis | Callow's memoir tells the story of his affair with his agent, Margaret Ramsay--a more surprising premise than it would seem, as Callow was gay and 30 and Ramsay was 70. Their relationship was erotic, but not sexual, characterized by passionate discussion, fervent letter-writing, and generous exchanges of gifts. It continued almost until Ramsay's death and in spite of the tragic disintegration of Callow's more conventional relationship with his boyfriend, who killed himself. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999.
| | Size | | Height: | 8.5 in. | | Width: | 5.5 in. | | Thickness: | 0.8 in. | | Weight: | 14.4 oz. |
| | Publisher's Note | A unique memoir of a fierce affair of the heart with an older woman. When Simon Callow, the celebrated stage and screen star, first met Margaret Ramsay in 1980, he could hardly have suspected that his encounter with the world-famous theatrical agent would blossom into a most improbable love affair. There was age, for one thing: Callow was barely thirty; Ramsay was seventy. Also, Callow, a homosexual, was in the midst of an all-consuming affair with his Egyptian-Turkish boyfriend, Aziz Yehia. For the next eleven years, until her death in 1991, Callow and Ramsay conducted an intense, exhilarating liaison in meetings and letters, exchanging intimacies charged with the fervor of trembling emotion. In this extraordinary memoir, Callow tells the story of their unusual relationship in a book that captures the fiery intensity and reckless gestures, the bliss, tenderness, and grace, as well as the anguish, of overwhelming love in its compulsive course, which also comes to embrace, in a tragic ménage à trois, Callow's lover, Aziz. With the most graceful of touches Callow paints a memorable portrait of a fascinating woman-her beauty, vitality, brilliance, and effervescence. Love Is Where It Falls is by turns moving, inspiring, funny, and heartbreaking, with a sense of intimacy so overpowering that the reader feels privileged to be allowed to trespass on such personal pleasure and pain.
When Simon Callow, the celebrated stage and screen star, first met Margaret Ramsay in 1980, he could hardly have suspected that his encounter with the world-famous theatrical agent would blossom into a most improbable love affair.There was age, for one thing: Callow was barely thirty; Ramsay was seventy. Also, Callow, a homosexual, was in the midst of an all-consuming affair with his Egyptian-Turkish boyfriend, Aziz Yehia. For the next eleven years, until her death in 1991, Callow and Ramsay conducted an intense, exhilarating liaison in meetings and letters, exchanging intimacies charged with the fervor of trembling emotion. In this extraordinary memoir, Callow tells the story of their unusual relationship in a book that captures the fiery intensity and reckless gestures, the bliss, tenderness, and grace, as well as the anguish, of overwhelming love in its compulsive course with a sense of intimacy so overpowering that the reader feels privileged to be allowed to trespass on such personal pleasure and pain.
| | Industry reviews | "As a writer, Callow has been at his best in his books about acting and, especially, in his biography of Orson Welles. His book about Peggy is, necessarily, his most deeply personal work, dealing with intimate details of his own life as well as hers."
New York Times Book Review - Mel Gussow (08/08/1999)
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