I've always known Peter O'Toole is a great actor, but have been wonderfully surprised to learn he is also a great writer. His stories of his early life are priceless, and his use of the English language is poetic, humorous, and as descriptive as a master's painting. I had read this book when it first came out, delighted in re-reading it again recently, then went online and bought three additional copies to share my enjoyment...
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A charming book; somehow surprising, as the critics say too:'a new face of O'TOOLE': indeed, the tone of the story is a very warm one, with romantic overtones in the first part, without any trace of cynism or sophistication; therfore, it is contrary to his style maybe, or, a better word is to his type of characters he plays as an actor-usually being in a delicate psychological or emotional status. PETER is creating his book...
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If you are remotely interested in Peter O'Toole, this is a great account of his childhood (most interestingly the three major influences in his life including Hitler) and how he first broke into acting (his jokes regarding Bernard Shaw are hilarious). There are some interesting annecdotes regarding the filming of `Rogue Male', his first film. His narrative style can a times be a bit disjointed, but the overall picture...
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RUSS SARTAIN (russ11@flash.net) From creeking through the old house and rediscovering a youth not forgotten, to vivid chidhood memories of Der Furer, this book could be describing many a wild haired youth in war time Ireland and England, but could never be retold with such passion and utter beauty as the great Peter O'toole did in this sweeping portrayal of his childhood. I was mesmorized on how vivid each memory was in his...
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Perhaps I shouldn't give this a 10, unfamiliar as I am with the life-of-an-actor genre. But this is a wonderful book; O'Toole's intelligence and musical appreciation of and approach to prose shine in every line of every page. It is unfathomable to me how anyone as talented as O'Toole could possibly have chosen to go into *shudder* acting. Fair Warning: If you are the kind of movie fan who wants to know who slept with whom...
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