{"product_id":"walking-with-ghosts-a-memoir-gabriel-byrne","title":"Walking With Ghosts: A Memoir [Hardback], Gabriel Byrne","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalking with Ghosts is the stunningly evocative memoir by Irish actor and Hollywood star, Gabriel Byrne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dreamy, lyrical and utterly unvarnished' – Colm Tóibín\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, he harboured a childhood desire to become a priest. When he was eleven years old, Byrne found himself crossing the Irish Sea to join a seminary in England. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled and he quickly returned to his native city. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe revelled in the theatre and poetry of Dublin’s streets, populated by characters as eccentric and remarkable as any in fiction, those who spin a yarn with acuity and wit. 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 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, Byrne also courageously recounts his battle with addiction and the ambivalence of fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalking with Ghosts is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking as well as a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Make no mistake about it: this is a masterpiece . . . poetic, moving and very funny’ – Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55285453324622,"sku":"9781529027433","price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0842\/6546\/8238\/files\/9781529027433.jpg?v=1769260937","url":"https:\/\/littlelanebookshop.com\/products\/walking-with-ghosts-a-memoir-gabriel-byrne","provider":"Little Lane Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}