Streets Ahead
Streets Ahead
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Continuing his memoirs after "City Lights", Keith Waterhouse records his arrival in Fleet Street in the early 1950s. He tells of his partnership with Willis Hall, writing for the theatre, screen and television, and their sojourn in Hollywood, creating an impression of an eventful era.
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Streets Ahead by Keith Waterhouse
Continuing the first volume of his memoirs in "City Lights", Keith Waterhouse records his arrival in Fleet Street in the early 1950s. He evokes an almost Dickensian world of clanking printing works, but one in which he sensed profound social change was soon to manifest itself in an explosion of New Wave books, plays and films like "Lucky Jim", "Look Back in Anger" and his own "Billy Liar". Reliving the excitement of its success, his partnership with Willis Hall, writing for the theatre, screen and television, and their sojourn in Hollywood, Waterhouse creates an impression of an eventful and exhausting era.
In a long and highly successful career, Keith Waterhouse published fifteen novels, including Billy Liar (which has been filmed and staged) and Our Song (also staged), seven non-fiction books and seven collections of journalism. He wrote widely for television, cinema and the theatre, including the highly successful play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell. He also published two acclaimed memoirs, City Lights and Streets Ahead. He died on 4th September 2009.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780340649091 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340649097 |
| Title | Streets Ahead |
| Author | Keith Waterhouse |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 1996-07-18 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |