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Alfred Hitchcock
Peter Ackroyd
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Description for Alfred Hitchcock
Paperback. Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an exact imaginary route across Europe. So how did this fearful figure become the one of the most respected film directors of the twentieth century? This book answers this question. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an exact imaginary route across Europe. So how did this fearful figure become the one of the most respected film directors of the twentieth century? As an adult, Hitch rigorously controlled the press's portrait of himself, drawing certain carefully selected childhood anecdotes into full focus and blurring all others out. In this quick-witted portrait, Ackroyd reveals ... Read more
Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an exact imaginary route across Europe. So how did this fearful figure become the one of the most respected film directors of the twentieth century? As an adult, Hitch rigorously controlled the press's portrait of himself, drawing certain carefully selected childhood anecdotes into full focus and blurring all others out. In this quick-witted portrait, Ackroyd reveals ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099287667
SKU
V9780099287667
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About Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning historian, biographer, novelist, poet and broadcaster. He is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction bestsellers London: The Biography, Thames: Sacred River and London Under; biographies of figures including Charles Dickens, William Blake, Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock; and a multi-volume history of England. He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society ... Read more
Reviews for Alfred Hitchcock
Superb, insightful short life... Deft and moving
Bee Wilson
The Guardian
Irresistible
Louise Jury
The Independent
An elegant and hugely enjoyable read
Alexander Larman
Sunday Express
[A] nutritious, compact and superb critical biography
Roger Lewis
Daily Mail
Shelves of serious ... Read more
Bee Wilson
The Guardian
Irresistible
Louise Jury
The Independent
An elegant and hugely enjoyable read
Alexander Larman
Sunday Express
[A] nutritious, compact and superb critical biography
Roger Lewis
Daily Mail
Shelves of serious ... Read more