• For Your Consideration:
• A First UK Edition in HARDCOVER of:
• “ADVENTURES OF A SUBURBAN BOY”
(Faber & Faber, 2003) (Hardcover, First UK Edition, First Printing)
• BY JOHN BOORMAN, director of “Deliverance,” “Excalibur,” “Zardoz,” “The Tailer of Panama,” etc.
• “JOHN BOORMAN came of age as a filmmaker in the 1960s—the golden age of world cinema. Then as now, his celebrated films embrace the spirit of the era: challenging authority, questioning accepted morality, and examining the thin line between civilization and savagery. In ADVENTURES OF A SUBURBAN BOY, BOORMAN delves deeply into these themes, applying his subversive sensibility to his life story as well as to some of the most important political and cultural events of the twentieth century. The result is a heady fusion of personal memoir and cinematic study….
“With a vividly depicted supporting cast that includes SEAN CONNERY, RICHARD BURTON, BURT REYNOLDS, and CHER, among others, this entertaining and witty tour through the life, times, and works of one of the cinema’s great practitioners is not only essential for anyone seeking a fuller understanding of BOORMAN’s incredible body of work, but is also indispensable resource for anyone who is fascinated by film’s impact….”
—THE PUBLISHER
• “He has had a thrillingly interesting life all over the world—and what’s more he can write better than most novelists.”
—PHILIP HORNE, DAILY TELEGRAPH (UK)
• “Much of his book is a meditation on how film stems from life but also transcends it…. BOORMAN’s pursuit of transcendence has been eclectic, ranging from futuristic (ZARDOZ) to backwoods gothic (DELIVERANCE), and he records, with self-deprecating wit, the struggle to transform his personal obsessions into filmable stories. His false starts provide insight into the quotidian side of show business: ‘Like most film-makers, I have spent more time on movies I have not made than on ones that I have.’”
—THE NEW YORKER
• “From the lovingly detailed account of his boyhood and youth to the vivid chronicle of his adventures and struggles as a filmmaker, JOHN BOORMAN—surely one of the world's great directors--proves himself to be a master story-teller in this beautifully written and deeply affecting memoir. His courage and humanity shine through in every sentence.”
—PAUL AUSTER
• “The traits that distinguish his movies--keen observation; skepticism about the normal; respect, bordering on awe, of nature--are manifest in this engaging, provocative autobiography…. Particularly memorable is his account of friendship with intemperate actor LEE MARVIN.”
—GORDON FLAGG, BOOKLIST
• “Among the best first-hand accounts on the creative process of directing films.”
—SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
• “JOHN BOORMAN, the intellectual British scribe and director, has written an autobiography just as cerebral as expected. But what makes ADVENTURES OF A SUBURBAN BOY an especially good read is that he’s leavened all the observations about pan shots, revisions, and Hollywood production hell with delicious tales about stars, producers and some odd personal experiences.”
—VARIETY
• “Both tender and restrained…this is an honest appraisal of a life well lived.”
—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
• “BOORMAN treats his successes lightly, using them as examples of how he pulled his projects together. He doesn't shirk from examining his failures. Overall, the book is a frank portrait of a man who, through extreme persistence and hard work, found success in the competitive world of Hollywood films.”
—MATTHEW L. MOFFETT, LIBRARY JOURNAL
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• For other details about this book, please see below.
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TITLE: “ADVENTURES OF A SUBURBAN BOY”
AUTHOR: JOHN BOORMAN
ILLUSTRATED: WITH B & W PHOTOS
TYPE: HARDCOVER
PAGES: 314
PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Faber & Faber (London, England), 2003
EDITION: First UK Edition, First Printing*
*RE: On the Copyright Page, the Number Row: “2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.”
NOTE: This copy is NOT ex-library NOR a book-club edition.
ISBN: 0-571-21695-1
CONDITION OF DUST JACKET: VERY GOOD.
Price (L20.00) is unclipped. Corners & spine tips are rubbed. Chip on top edge of back. Light scratching & creasing on sides. All else–bright & clean. (Now in a Demco protective cover.)
CONDITION OF BOOK: VERY GOOD.
Book is square. There’s a thin creasing running up the entirety of the front (near the fore edge)—otherwise boards are clean. Corners are bumped. Light dings on edges. Spine is tight & uncreased but with bumped (crumpled) tips. Lettering on spine remains bright. Text-block edges are age-toned but clean. Pages are also age-toned but also clean & bright with no writing, no underling, no doodling, no tears, no foxing, etc.
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