Empress Of Ireland - Couverture souple

Robbins, Christopher

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743220722 ISBN 13 : 9780743220729

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Robbins Christopher

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Winner of the 2004 Saga Award for Wit
One old raconteur, one fledgling bon viveur and a lifetime of rollicking tales . . .
Very funny and genuinely moving, The Empress of Ireland is an inspiring portrait of the unique and improbable friendship between Christopher Robbins, then an impoverished writer in his twenties, and Brian Desmond Hurst, Ireland's most prolific film director.
It began when the author - a journalist who had never read a script - was asked to write the screenplay for Hurst's swansong movie, an ambitious biblical epic intended to be his ticket to heaven. As work commenced on the 'Box Office Blockbuster', and later the director's life story, the 'Big Bestseller', an unlikely but uproarious rapport was born. Full of character, incident and humour, Robbins' memoir is a warm and wonderful tribute to friendship and to one of life's true originals.
'A delightful and often hilariously funny memoir'
Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
'Both moving and genuinely hilarious'
Gyles Brandreth, Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year
'Magnificent . . . Something of a masterpiece, in fact'
Simon Callow, Guardian
'Comedy and pathos abound in this pithy comic masterpiece'
Christopher Silvester, Sunday Times Books of the Year
'Highly entertaining . . . Hurst looms as a thoroughly engaging and remarkably witty figure throughout . . . Such an enjoyable read'
Michael Dwyer, Irish Times
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Very funny and genuinely moving, THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND is an inspiring portrait of the unique and improbable friendship between Christopher Robbins, then an impoverished writer in his twenties, and Brian Desmond Hurst, Ireland's most prolific film director. It began when the author -- a journalist who had never read a script -- was asked to write the screenplay for Hurst's swansong movie, an ambitious biblical epic intended to be his ticket to heaven. As work commenced on the 'Box Office Blockbuster', and later the director's life story, the 'Big Bestseller', an unlikely but uproarious rapport was born. Full of character, incident and humour, Robbins' memoir is a warm and wonderful tribute to friendship and to one of life's true originals.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743220722
• ISBN 13: 9780743220729
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400