{"product_id":"walking-with-ghosts-gabriel-byrne-9781529027457","title":"Walking With Ghosts","description":"'Destined to be a classic' Sunday Independent\n'Gabriel Byrne tells his story brilliantly' - Edna O'Brien\n'Dazzles with unflinching honesty' Washington Post\n'An absolutely marvellous book' - Colm Tóibín\nBorn 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.\nIt 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.","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415863071008,"sku":"9781529027457","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781529027457.jpg?v=1780955027","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/walking-with-ghosts-gabriel-byrne-9781529027457","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}