Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers by Antonia Quirke

Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers by Antonia Quirke

`Antonia’s book is wonderfully written…The Drunk in Edinburgh and the Boyfriend and the Car are brilliant and underneath the (deliberately) purple prose about actors is a real, and to me, moving understanding of the craftPlease pass these words on – it is a rare and daring book.’ Alan Rickman

'Quirke comes across as a disarming mix of David Thomson and Jenny Diski, all the while remaining unique and idiosyncratic.' Waterstones Books Quarterly

`…a mad, marvellous film-crazed memoir… Quirke is a young film critic of eccentric brilliance…beautifully written, shamelessly honest and deeply comical… Quirke's wry self awareness is extremely funny.' Sunday Times

'This memoir is ditsy, great fun and clever to boot. It'll remind you of all the great movies you've seen and many you've meant to, but, most of all, of the one playing inside your own head.' Grove Magazine

'It is a terrific read and contains some of the best writing about actors I've encountered… I should have put it aside as unsuitable for my purposes after just 15 minutes but kept giving myself a few more pages, and then a few more, instead of getting down to work. So, if the above strikes you as hastily unfinished, blame (Antonia Quirke).' Independent

Antonia Quirke is a journalist and lives in London. Her first book `Jaws’ was published by the BFI in 2003.