- Title:
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Walking With Ghosts: A Memoir (MP3)
- Written by:
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Gabriel Byrne
- Read by:
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Gabriel Byrne
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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6 hours 58 minutes
- MP3 size:
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301 MB
- Published:
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November 12 2020
- Available Date:
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November 12 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781529062236
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Autobiography; Memoirs
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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Price
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A courageous examination of the painful and formative experiences of how Gabriel Byrne became who he is today.
As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination. Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, he took odd jobs to get by, and 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.
He revelled in the theatre and poetry of Dublin’s streets, populated by characters as eccentric and remarkable as any in fiction. 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 40-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, Byrne also courageously recounts his battle with addiction and the ambivalence of fame.
Walking with Ghosts is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking as well as a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies.
'Make no mistake about it: this is a masterpiece. A book that will wring out our tired hearts. It is by turns poetic, moving and very funny. You will find it on the shelf alongside other great Irish memoirs including those by Frank McCourt, Nuala O'Faolain and Edna O’Brien.'
Colum McCann