Young Winstone

by Ray Winstone

Book Overview

Ray Winstone's amazing talent for bringing out the humanity buried inside his often brutal screen characters - violent offender in Scum , wife-beater in Nil by Mouth , retired blagger in Sexy Beast - has made him one of the most charismatic actors of his generation. But how do these uncompromising and often haunting performances square with his off-duty reputation as the ultimate salt-of-the-earth diamond geezer? The answer lies in the East End of his youth. Revisiting the bomb-sites and boozers of his childhood and adolescence, Ray Winstone takes the reader on an unforgettable tour of a cockney heartland which is at once irresistibly mythic and undeniably real. Told with its author's trademark blend of brutal directness and roguish wit, Young Winstone offers a fascinating insight into the social history of East London, as well as a school of hard knocks coming-of-age story with a powerful emotional punch.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782112456
• ISBN13: 9781782112457
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"