Walking With Ghosts
€15.00
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781529027457 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gabriel Byrne |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.156 |
| Publishing Date | 30/09/2021 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €14.15 |
| Tax | €0.85 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €15.00 |
| Availability | 5 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
''Destined to be a classic'' Sunday Independent
''Gabriel Byrne tells his story brilliantly'' - Edna O''Brien
''Dazzles with unflinching honesty'' Washington Post
''An absolutely marvellous book'' - Colm Tóibín
Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, Gabriel Byrne harboured a childhood desire to become a priest. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled from an English seminary and he quickly returned to his native Dublin. There he took odd jobs as a messenger boy and a factory labourer to get by. In his spare time he visited the cinema, where he could be alone and yet part of a crowd. It was here that he could begin to imagine a life beyond the grey world of ’60s Ireland.
It was a friend who suggested Byrne join an amateur drama group, a decision that would change his life forever and launch him on an extraordinary forty-year career in film and theatre. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and reflections on stardom in Hollywood and on Broadway, often through the lens of addiction. Hilarious and heartbreaking Walking With Ghosts is a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies.