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Bob Hoskins: AN UNLIKELY HERO.

Bob Hoskins: AN UNLIKELY HERO.

Bob Hoskins: AN UNLIKELY HERO.
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Bob Hoskins: AN UNLIKELY HERO.

by MOLINE, KAREN:

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9780283995088
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour,portrait,subject photographic upper wrap with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine.Unblemished,plain blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-ixpp+1-213pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list,author preface+introduction,21 chapters,and 8pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp118/119. The face can be dark with menace,the bullet head thrust aggressively - only to crack into the most knowing and disarming grin.It could be on stage or off. . . . Bob Hoskins has become one of the most successful stage,television and film actors in Britain. Nominated for an Oscar in 1987 for Mona Lisa,he is also increasingly successful in Hollywood.His latest film (then 1988),A Prayer for the Dying,in which he stars with Mickey Rourke,is likely to be a sensation.Hoskins' success owes little to classical good looks,lucky breaks or formal training.It is sheer,inspired talent and the personality of the man blended with the demands of each part.It is no coincidence that his most memorable roles have been demonic - whether in Guys and Dolls, The Duchess of Malfi, The Long Good Friday, Pennies from Heaven or Mona Lisa.But the quality of danger so often present in his work is mixed with honesty,grit and humour - all of which characterise the man as well as the actor.Hoskins' working class childhood in North London, sketchy education and early drifting left him with a lot of sheer savvy and surprising assurance.He got his first part by accident, whilst accompanying a friend to an audition and - with nothing to lose - his acting career was born.Ten years later,by the mid 1970's,he had become a star.As Karen Moline shows,in this meticulously researched biography,Hoskins is a man who generates fierce emotions.Friends are intensely loyal,but over the years he has collected a few adversaries too.Dozens of those who have known or worked with Hoskins spoke to Karen Moline and from these conversations a complex portrait emerges - one of a sublimely talented actor who is also at ease in the pub,a man who many women have found irresistible and who men like to admire too,and one whose toughness is as legendary as his charisma. Though the author has ghosted various show-biz books,this is her first full-scale biography. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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Title
Bob Hoskins: AN UNLIKELY HERO.
Author
MOLINE, KAREN:
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illus with contemporary b/w photographs.
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
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FINE.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0283995084
ISBN 13
9780283995088
Publisher
LONDON.SIDGWICK & JACKSON,1988.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1988
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