{"product_id":"walking-with-ghosts","title":"Walking With Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Destined to be a classic'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Gabriel Byrne tells his story brilliantly'' - Edna O''Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Dazzles with unflinching honesty'' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An absolutely marvellous book'' - Colm Tóibín\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, Gabriel Byrne harboured a childhood desire to become a priest. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled from an English seminary and he quickly returned to his native Dublin. There he took odd jobs as a messenger boy and a factory labourer to get by. In his spare time he visited the cinema, where he could be alone and yet part of a crowd. It was here that he could begin to imagine a life beyond the grey world of ’60s Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a friend who suggested Byrne join an amateur drama group, a decision that would change his life forever and launch him on an extraordinary forty-year career in film and theatre. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and reflections on stardom in Hollywood and on Broadway, often through the lens of addiction. Hilarious and heartbreaking \u003ci\u003eWalking With Ghosts \u003c\/i\u003eis a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305819251070,"sku":"NW9781529027457","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529027457.jpg?v=1778712760","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/walking-with-ghosts","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}