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The Futurist
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $24.00
With the release of Avatar, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic.
The Futurist is the... Read more >
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $24.00
With the release of Avatar, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic.
The Futurist is the... Read more >
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The Futurist
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $24.00
With the release of Avatar in December 2009, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic... Read more >
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $24.00
With the release of Avatar in December 2009, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic... Read more >
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How to Write a Selling Screenplay
Written by Christopher Keane
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $15.95
Christopher Keane has spent 20 years in the business, learning the truths--and the tricks--of writing a selling screenplay. In How to Write a Selling Screenplay, he takes writers through the entire process, from developing a story to finding the best agent. Using an annotated version of an often-optioned screenplay of his... Read more >
Written by Christopher Keane
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $15.95
Christopher Keane has spent 20 years in the business, learning the truths--and the tricks--of writing a selling screenplay. In How to Write a Selling Screenplay, he takes writers through the entire process, from developing a story to finding the best agent. Using an annotated version of an often-optioned screenplay of his... Read more >
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Somebody
The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando
Written by Stefan Kanfer
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $16.00
Stefan Kanfer, acclaimed biographer of Lucille Ball and Groucho Marx, now gives us the definitive life of Marlon Brando, seamlessly intertwining the man and the work to give us a stunning and illuminating appraisal. Beginning with Brando’s turbulent childhood, Kanfer follows him to New York where he made his star-making Broadway... Read more >
The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando
Written by Stefan Kanfer
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $16.00
Stefan Kanfer, acclaimed biographer of Lucille Ball and Groucho Marx, now gives us the definitive life of Marlon Brando, seamlessly intertwining the man and the work to give us a stunning and illuminating appraisal. Beginning with Brando’s turbulent childhood, Kanfer follows him to New York where he made his star-making Broadway... Read more >
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Robert Altman
The Oral Biography
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
The Oral Biography
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Robert Altman
The Oral Biography
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Read by Various
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $30.00
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
The Oral Biography
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Read by Various
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $30.00
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
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Robert Altman
The Oral Biography
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Read by Various
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $17.50
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
The Oral Biography
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Read by Various
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $17.50
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
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Robert Altman
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Format: eBook, 576 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Format: eBook, 576 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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Robert Altman
The Oral Biography
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Read by Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $27.50
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
The Oral Biography
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Read by Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $27.50
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
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Four Screenplays
Studies in the American Screenplay
Written by Syd Field
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $17.00
In a field being transformed by technology, Syd Field shows you what works and why and how to find new ways to create a truly outstanding film using four extraordinary examples: Thelma & Louise, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Silence Of The Lambs, and Dances With Wolves.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Studies in the American Screenplay
Written by Syd Field
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $17.00
In a field being transformed by technology, Syd Field shows you what works and why and how to find new ways to create a truly outstanding film using four extraordinary examples: Thelma & Louise, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Silence Of The Lambs, and Dances With Wolves.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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Going to the Movies
A Personal Journey Through Four Decades of Modern Film
Written by Syd Field
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2009
Price: $16.00
Featuring insights ... analysis ... great films and filmmakers from “the most-sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world” (The Hollywood Reporter).
A life in film. An extraordinary career. An unforgettable story — from noted lecturer, teacher, and bestselling author Syd Field.
What makes a great movie great? ... An actor legendary? ... A screenplay extraordinary or just ordinary?... Read more >
A Personal Journey Through Four Decades of Modern Film
Written by Syd Field
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2009
Price: $16.00
Featuring insights ... analysis ... great films and filmmakers from “the most-sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world” (The Hollywood Reporter).
A life in film. An extraordinary career. An unforgettable story — from noted lecturer, teacher, and bestselling author Syd Field.
What makes a great movie great? ... An actor legendary? ... A screenplay extraordinary or just ordinary?... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Screenwriter's Problem Solver
How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems
Written by Syd Field
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2009
Price: $17.00
All writing is rewriting. But what do you change, and how do you change it? All screenplays have problems. They happened to Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Broken Arrow-and didn't get fixed, leaving the films flawed. They nearly shelved Platoon-until Oliver Stone rewrote the first ten pages and created a... Read more >
How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems
Written by Syd Field
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2009
Price: $17.00
All writing is rewriting. But what do you change, and how do you change it? All screenplays have problems. They happened to Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Broken Arrow-and didn't get fixed, leaving the films flawed. They nearly shelved Platoon-until Oliver Stone rewrote the first ten pages and created a... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Chris Gore's Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide, 4th edition
The Essential Companion for Filmmakers and Festival-Goers
Written by Chris Gore
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $19.99
The guerrilla guide to marketing and selling an indie film.
Some people are just there for the loot bags. But most of the people at a film festival are trying to market and sell an independent film. Don’t be just one of the horde. Use Chris Gore’s Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide... Read more >
The Essential Companion for Filmmakers and Festival-Goers
Written by Chris Gore
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $19.99
The guerrilla guide to marketing and selling an indie film.
Some people are just there for the loot bags. But most of the people at a film festival are trying to market and sell an independent film. Don’t be just one of the horde. Use Chris Gore’s Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide... Read more >
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Nobody's Perfect
Writings from The New Yorker
Written by Anthony Lane
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2009
Price: $17.95
Anthony Lane on Con Air—
“Advance word on Con Air said that it was all about an airplane with an unusually dangerous and potentially lethal load. Big deal. You should try the lunches they serve out of Newark. Compared with the chicken napalm I ate on my last flight, the men in... Read more >
Writings from The New Yorker
Written by Anthony Lane
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2009
Price: $17.95
Anthony Lane on Con Air—
“Advance word on Con Air said that it was all about an airplane with an unusually dangerous and potentially lethal load. Big deal. You should try the lunches they serve out of Newark. Compared with the chicken napalm I ate on my last flight, the men in... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Reel Civil War
Mythmaking in American Film
Written by Bruce Chadwick
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2009
Price: $15.00
More movies have been produced about the Civil War than about any other aspect of American history. From 1903 (Uncle Tom’s Cabin) to the present, film studios have released more than eight hundred silent and sound pictures about the nation’s most cataclysmic event. In this wonderfully comprehensive study, Bruce Chadwick first... Read more >
Mythmaking in American Film
Written by Bruce Chadwick
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2009
Price: $15.00
More movies have been produced about the Civil War than about any other aspect of American history. From 1903 (Uncle Tom’s Cabin) to the present, film studios have released more than eight hundred silent and sound pictures about the nation’s most cataclysmic event. In this wonderfully comprehensive study, Bruce Chadwick first... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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The Spanish Prisoner and The Winslow Boy
Two Screenplays
Written by David Mamet
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2009
Price: $13.95
THE SPANISH PRISONER
"Elegant, entertaining. . . . Mamet's craftiest and most satisfying cinematic puzzle." --The New York Times
THE WINSLOW BOY
"One of the most subtly compelling love stories of the year." --The New York Observer
Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet ranks among the century's most influential writers for stage and screen. His dialogue--abrasive... Read more >
Two Screenplays
Written by David Mamet
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2009
Price: $13.95
THE SPANISH PRISONER
"Elegant, entertaining. . . . Mamet's craftiest and most satisfying cinematic puzzle." --The New York Times
THE WINSLOW BOY
"One of the most subtly compelling love stories of the year." --The New York Observer
Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet ranks among the century's most influential writers for stage and screen. His dialogue--abrasive... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Conversations with Woody Allen
His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking
Written by Eric Lax
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.95
In discussions that begin in 1971 and end in 2009, Allen talks about every facet of moviemaking through the prism of his own work as well as the larger world of film, and in so doing reveals an artist’s development over the course of his career. He speaks about his influences... Read more >
His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking
Written by Eric Lax
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.95
In discussions that begin in 1971 and end in 2009, Allen talks about every facet of moviemaking through the prism of his own work as well as the larger world of film, and in so doing reveals an artist’s development over the course of his career. He speaks about his influences... Read more >
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Conversations with Woody Allen
Written by Eric Lax
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.95
In discussions that begin in 1971 and end in 2009, Allen talks about every facet of moviemaking through the prism of his own work as well as the larger world of film, and in so doing reveals an artist’s development over the course of his career. He speaks about his influences... Read more >
Written by Eric Lax
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.95
In discussions that begin in 1971 and end in 2009, Allen talks about every facet of moviemaking through the prism of his own work as well as the larger world of film, and in so doing reveals an artist’s development over the course of his career. He speaks about his influences... Read more >
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Documentary Superstars
How Today's Filmmakers Are Reinventing the Form
Written by Marsha Mccreadie
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $19.95
The first book to trace the rise of documentaries as mainstream entertainment
When did documentaries get glamorous? Documentary Superstars looks at the history of documentaries and traces their transition from hands-off to in your face. Exclusive interviews with Michael Moore, Morgan Spurlock, Errol Morris, George Clooney, Sacha Baron Cohen, Morgan Freeman, Al... Read more >
How Today's Filmmakers Are Reinventing the Form
Written by Marsha Mccreadie
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $19.95
The first book to trace the rise of documentaries as mainstream entertainment
When did documentaries get glamorous? Documentary Superstars looks at the history of documentaries and traces their transition from hands-off to in your face. Exclusive interviews with Michael Moore, Morgan Spurlock, Errol Morris, George Clooney, Sacha Baron Cohen, Morgan Freeman, Al... Read more >
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Kazan on Directing
Written by Elia Kazan
Preface by Martin Scorsese
Foreword by John Lahr
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $30.00
Elia Kazan was the mid-twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this book shows us the master at work.
Kazan directed virtually back to back the greatest American dramas of the era—by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams—and revolutionized theatre and film with dynamic action, poetic staging, and rigorous... Read more >
Written by Elia Kazan
Preface by Martin Scorsese
Foreword by John Lahr
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $30.00
Elia Kazan was the mid-twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this book shows us the master at work.
Kazan directed virtually back to back the greatest American dramas of the era—by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams—and revolutionized theatre and film with dynamic action, poetic staging, and rigorous... Read more >
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Kazan on Directing
Written by Elia Kazan
Preface by Martin Scorsese
Foreword by John Lahr
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $30.00
Elia Kazan was the mid-twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this book shows us the master at work.
Kazan directed virtually back to back the greatest American dramas of the era—by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams—and revolutionized theatre and film with dynamic action, poetic staging, and rigorous... Read more >
Written by Elia Kazan
Preface by Martin Scorsese
Foreword by John Lahr
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $30.00
Elia Kazan was the mid-twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this book shows us the master at work.
Kazan directed virtually back to back the greatest American dramas of the era—by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams—and revolutionized theatre and film with dynamic action, poetic staging, and rigorous... Read more >
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hardcover and a
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Caught in the Web
Dreaming Up the World of Spider-Man 2
Written by Mark Vaz
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $19.95
The Spider-Man 2 Dream Machine—from original idea to final cut— unmasking the creative genius at work in the blockbuster movie
The epic adventure of one of the greatest superheroes of all time explodes on the silver screen as never before. Now, in this captivating journey behind the scenes and into the imagination... Read more >
Dreaming Up the World of Spider-Man 2
Written by Mark Vaz
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $19.95
The Spider-Man 2 Dream Machine—from original idea to final cut— unmasking the creative genius at work in the blockbuster movie
The epic adventure of one of the greatest superheroes of all time explodes on the silver screen as never before. Now, in this captivating journey behind the scenes and into the imagination... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams
The Story of Black Hollywood
Written by Donald Bogle
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.95
In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first time–the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them... Read more >
The Story of Black Hollywood
Written by Donald Bogle
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.95
In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first time–the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them... Read more >
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This Business of Film
A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Film Industry
Written by Stephen R. Greenwald and Paula Landry
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $27.95
This is a book about the business of film. In the popular imagination, the film business consists of a handful of big-name Los Angeles studios, the films these studios release, and the movie stars that appear in them. While it is true that the major studios are responsible for producing and... Read more >
A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Film Industry
Written by Stephen R. Greenwald and Paula Landry
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $27.95
This is a book about the business of film. In the popular imagination, the film business consists of a handful of big-name Los Angeles studios, the films these studios release, and the movie stars that appear in them. While it is true that the major studios are responsible for producing and... Read more >
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Try to Tell the Story
A Memoir
Written by David Thomson
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $23.95
From one of our most celebrated film critics and historians now comes a beautifully written memoir about his first eighteen years, growing up as an only child in south London in the midforties and late fifties. Told with elegance and restraint, partly from the point of view of a child, partly... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by David Thomson
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $23.95
From one of our most celebrated film critics and historians now comes a beautifully written memoir about his first eighteen years, growing up as an only child in south London in the midforties and late fifties. Told with elegance and restraint, partly from the point of view of a child, partly... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
