{"product_id":"walking-with-ghosts-a-memoir-pb-w2","title":"Gabriel Byrne: Walking With Ghosts [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Destined to be a classic' \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gabriel Byrne tells his story brilliantly' - Edna O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dazzles with unflinching honesty' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An absolutely marvellous book' - Colm Toibin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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 \u003ci\u003eWalking With Ghosts \u003c\/i\u003eis a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Byrne, Gabriel","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42045969957049,"sku":"9781529027457","price":14.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47684526309715,"sku":"XV81529027457","price":2.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":54317393903955,"sku":"XE81529027457","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/byrne-gabriel-gabriel-byrne-walking-with-ghosts-2021-paperback-58867090325843.jpg?v=1784130388","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/walking-with-ghosts-a-memoir-pb-w2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}