Loitering with Intent: The Child - Softcover

Peter O'Toole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330331388 ISBN 13: 9780330331388

Publisher: Pan Books, 1993

Synopsis

This is Peter O`Toole`s account of his early life, a childhood framed by " Captain Pat" O`Toole, itinerant bookmaker, and Constance Jane Eliot Ferguson. In all that he writes of the period, O`Toole reveals his deep understanding of the absurd, both comic and chilling, and how he touches on the tragic - most notably in his studies of Hitler and the effect the Fuhrer has had on his life. O`Toole`s memories lead readers in leaps through time as we read of his early years and the war, National Service in the Navy, his short-lived career as a cub reporter and the almost accidental audition at RADA that launched his career. Peter O`Toole was born in 1932. After working on provincial newspapers, serving in the Navy, and attending RADA, he made his professional acting debut in 1955 at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. A Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, an honour awarded to him in 1989 by the Republic of France, Peter O`Toole lives in London.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Ireland in 1932, Peter O'Toole was one of Hollywood's most highly regarded actors. O'Toole's rise to stardom began in 1962, when he played T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia. He went on to appear in such critically heralded films as Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968). Later successes include My Favorite Year (1982) and Venus (2006). After battling a long illness, O'Toole died peacefully at the age of 81 in a London hospital on 14 December 2013.

Review:

This great, wild, cacophonous broth of an aging lad whose face has illuminated a million screens in roles that have thrilled us by their infinite variety -- yes, is it not he who wants us to know about his weird, wonderful, wacky, wild and wuthering childhood back there in England, with the bombs cascading down and Herr Hitler on his throne of evil intent? Ah, what a saga he has to spin, he has, oh yes, and how he tells it! I found myself at the end of this brief memoir wanting to know much, much more about the author and his family and his work -- The New York Times Book Review, William Murray

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0330331388
• ISBN 13: 9780330331388
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198