Young Winstone

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.

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A gripping insight into his youth . . . For fans of his violent turns in Scum, Nil by Mouth or Sexy Beast, this is a perfect literary counterpart. For everyone else, it's an engaging portrait of a boy done good Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Ray Winstone
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.06.2015
• EAN: 9781782112457
• ISBN: 978-1-78211-245-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers