Loitering With Intent by Peter O'Toole (1992) Hardcover - Hardcover

O'TOOLE, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333537971 ISBN 13: 9780333537978

Publisher: Macmillan, 1992

Synopsis

Peter O'Toole's account of his early life - a childhood framed by "Captain" Patrick O'Toole, itinerant racetrack bookmaker and Constance Jane Eliot Ferguson who had "wavy black hair, quick eyes and a determination to marry for money", his schooldays under the long shadow of Adolf Hitler, his years in the navy, his short-lived career as a cub reporter and the almost accidental audition at RADA that launched his career.

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: Macmillan
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0333537971
• ISBN 13: 9780333537978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288