Walking With Ghosts

Byrne, Gabriel

£9.99

A highly anticipated memoir by Gabriel Byrne, award-winning actor. Walking with Ghosts is an exquisite portrait of an Irish childhood and a remarkable journey to Hollywood and Broadway success.

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Publish Date: 30/09/2021

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‘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 Tóibìn

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.

Additional information

Weight 154 g
Dimensions 196 × 130 × 14 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

196

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

791.43028092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K