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Walking with Ghosts

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As a fan of Mr Bryne I was happy to read his book. It's a fragmented memoir of his childhood, his Irish roots, his parents, family and short-lived stint in seminary. There is a love for cinema from his early years but the book doesn't really go deep into Bryne's film career. A handful of starts are mentioned, Ava Gardner, Richard Burton, Lawrence Olivier. He mentions The Usual Suspects more as an anecdote to the irony of fame and what acting really is all about. There comes much drinking and fights before he gains sobriety (20 years now). No mention of wives, children or much else. In Treatment, the HBO drama he starred in gets little more than a paragraph.
I would recommend this as a free association think piece.

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