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From the boxing clubs of 1970s East London to the celebrity haunts of Hollywood the acclaimed actor offers a memoir with "gripping insight into his youth" (Telegraph, UK). Ray Winstone's amazing talent for bringing out the humanity of his tough-guy screen characters'a violent offender in Scum, a wife-beater in Nil by Mouth, and a retired robber in Sexy Beast to name just a few'has made him one of the most charismatic actors of his generation. But how do these uncompromising, unforgettable performances square with his off-duty reputation as a salt-of-the-earth, golden-hearted nice guy' The answer, as Winstone himself will tell you, lies in the East End of his youth. Revisiting the bomb-sites and boozers of his childhood and adolescence, Ray Winstone takes the reader on an unforgettable tour of a cockney heartland which is at once irresistibly mythic and undeniably real. Told with its author's trademark blend of brutal directness and roguish wit, Young Winstone offers a fascinating insight into the social history of East London, as well as a school of hard knocks coming-of-age story with a powerful emotional punch. "As much about London as his nascent career. Ray made such an impression in Scum that I still remember his prison number, and he is just as vivid on his formative years."'Independent on Sunday, Best Books on Film in 2014. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Winstone, Ray, 1957- -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London.
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Winstone, Ray, 1957- |
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England -- London. |
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Winstone, Ray, 1957- -- Childhood and youth.
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East End (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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East End (London, England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts. |
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Homes. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Social conditions. |
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England -- London -- East End. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Thompson, Ben, 1973- author.
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Print version: 9781782112426 |
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9781782112440 (electronic book) |
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1782112448 (electronic book) |
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9781782112426 hardback |
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1782112421 (hardback) |
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9781782112433 (export isbn) |
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178211243X (export isbn) |
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