The Last Human Cannonball
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The Last Human Cannonball by Byron Rogers
Byron Rogers' latest collection of travel pieces follows the winning formula of his first book for Aurum, An Audience with an Elephant (1 85410 786 0 hb, 1 85410 901 4 pb): in search of - and finding - a remarkable array of quirky, whimsical and singular individuals. But as well as such characters as the pensioner on a Saga holiday who decided to swim across the Amazon, this book sees for the first time Rogers meeting a number of undeniably famous people: Hollywood stars, legends of children's radio serials he had idolised in childhood - even rock stars like Mick Jagger. But, as one might expect, Rogers' encounters with celebrity have their own unexpected outcomes. Burt Lancaster rants to him about transsexuality. Rita Hayworth is most worried about her neighbour's TV aerial. A retired star of the silent screen turns out to live in Henley-on-Thames. Rogers' last book for Aurum, The Bank Manager and the Holy Grail (1 85410 949 9) received excellent coverage and was reprinted twice; his biography of J.L. Carr, The Last Englishman (1 85410 838 7) reprinted four times and was hailed by Simon Jenkins as "a miniature masterpiece".
Byron Rogers' other books for Aurum include An Audience with an Elephant, The Green Lane to Nowhere, The Last Englishman and The Bank Manager and the Holy Grail. He lives in Northants and Carmarthen.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781845130411 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845130413 |
| Titel | The Last Human Cannonball |
| Autor | Byron Rogers |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2004-11-04 |
| Seitenanzahl | 272 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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