书目

MyTurn:AnAutobiography

内容简介

NormanWisdom'searlyyearscouldeasilyhavecomestraightfromthepagesofaDickensnovel.Leftbytheirfrightenedmother,ill-treatedbyabrutalfather,Normanandhisbrotherwereforcedtofendforthemselves,sleepingroughinLondonandstealingfoodtosurvive.ThisisaragstorichestaleofthemanCharlieChaplinsaidwouldtakehismantleandwhowentontomakemillionslaugharoundtheworldforoverfivedecades.Herearethehardships,tragediesandtriumphsthatgavehimhisinspiration.FromthedaysworkingtheseasonsatScarborough,totheunforgettableandendearingcharacterNormanPitkin-thelittlemaninatightfittingsuit,readofhisrapidclimbuptheshowbizladder.

作者简介

WilliamHall,whoassistedNormanWisdominthewritingofhislifestory,isabiographer,broadcasterandcritic.Heistheauthorofmorethanadozenbiographies,includingMichaelCaine,JamesDean,FrankieHowerd,LarryAdlerandDickEmery.(20021018)

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