| What's It All About |  | Author: Michael Caine
Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
Buy New: £3.00
You Save: £5.99 (67%)
New (1) Used (4) from £3.00
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 850819
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Abridged Ed
Number Of Items: 2
ISBN: 1856861406
EAN: 9781856861403
ASIN: 1856861406
Publication Date: January 1992
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: All items brand new, shipped from Northern Ireland and dispatched to the UK within 1-2 working days.
| |
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 From Nothing To Everything October 4, 2007
Mr. S. C. Bailey (Woodford, Northamptonshire)
The Story of how Maurice Micklewhite became Sir Michael Caine, a rags to riches story told by the great man himself.
Lots of name droppings as you's expect from a star but the story of how he got the Name Caine & the Story of His unknown Disabled Brother are very poignant.
 Extremely smug book July 15, 2006
Mo Carroll (Belfast)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is not as good a read as the other reviewers might indicate. It is a classic rags to riches story (and is a very poor to a very, very, very rich story) and Michael Caine proves in this book that he is just a mediocre working actor who was lucky enough to be about when some very unusual and landmark films were being made in the 60s. If he was starting out now he would probably be doing British soaps and TV ads. It appears that when the enigmatic cockney persona was not useful, it was dropped years ago. He does demonstrate that he is a clever business man and he has cultivated all the powerful people in the business to ensure that he gets offered the work no matter how lousy that may be - he actually tries to make a virtue of this. This is definitely not a memoir in the higher ranks of David Niven's "The Moon's a Balloon", (get that book to find out why). This is much tamer and becomes tedious with the name dropping to little effect.
Really Enjoyed This Book!! January 16, 2004
Kim (Bakersfield, California , USA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Probably one of the only books that has made me laugh. Didn't want to put the book down! A very classy and impressive book.
A working class man reaches the dizzy heights of stardom October 6, 2003
Gerry Behan (Lucan, County Dublin Ireland)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Written in a language that anyone can understand. Michael Caine dispels the untruths that have been written about him. He lays on the line his heart felt life story from his acting "debut" at the age of three right up to the the "discovery" of his half brother David. It will leave the reader laughing out loud and at times holding back the tears. His account spans an era that most readers will find nostalgic to say the least. How the son of a market fishmonger hob nobbed it with the greats of Hollywood and the British Royalty. If you want to know Michael Caine this is the only book to read, especially if you want to know "what his life was was all about".
A true gentleman September 2, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Michael Caine is as funny, kind, intelligent and endearing as he is on film. Some of his stories made me howl with laughter. His memories of the making of Zulu (one of my favourite films) was very funny. For a person to fight as he has done throughout his life and career and to still be going strong in top selling films today is truly remarkable. This book simply has to be on everyone's reading list
|
|
|
www.pcprotech.co.uk | |
