Walking With Ghosts
13 November 2020Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
This audiobook is exquisitely and eloquently read by the author, Gabriel Byrne.
Walking with Ghosts is the stunningly evocative memoir by Irish actor and Hollywood star, Gabriel Byrne.
'Dreamy, lyrical and utterly unvarnished' – Colm Tóibín
As 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...
Details
13 November 2020417 minutes
9781529027471Imprint: Picador
Reviews
The wonder of this memoir is its unembellished truth. It is written by a man whose amazing story is the stuff of literatureEdna O'Brien
Dreamy, lyrical and utterly unvarnished. [Byrne] writes passionately about first love and hilariously about life as an actorColm Tóibín, Irish Times
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’BrienColum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin
The allure of Gabriel Byrne's memoir is that it persuasively humanizes what it is to be a big deal movie star. Byrne is wonderfully without cant or bluster or phony humility. Instead he leads with felicity, candor, humor and empathy. In the end, he seems to be somebody you'd be glad to knowRichard Ford
