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Titles in This Set
What's It All About?
Blowing the Bloody Doors Off
Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780099218517 (What's It All About?) / 9781473689329 (Blowing the Bloody Doors Off)
Publisher: Arrow Books / Hodder & Stoughton
Age Range: Adult
Overview
This Michael Caine 2 Book Collection Set brings together two candid, funny and moving memoirs from one of Britain's best-loved screen legends. What's It All About? traces Caine's journey from wartime poverty in London's East End to Hollywood stardom, while Blowing the Bloody Doors Off distils a lifetime of lessons learned on set. Together these paperbacks offer honest storytelling and old-school showbusiness charm, ideal for film lovers and memoir readers alike.
About the Books
What's It All About? is Michael Caine's original autobiography, charting his rise from an evacuee during the Blitz and soldier in the Korean War to a jobbing actor understudying Peter O'Toole, and eventually a household name thanks to films such as Zulu and The Ipcress File. Caine writes with disarming honesty about hardship, family and ambition on his long climb to stardom.
Blowing the Bloody Doors Off, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2019, takes a different approach: rather than a straight chronological memoir, it is a warm, wise guide to life and career built from stories spanning films including Alfie, The Dark Knight trilogy, Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules. Caine reflects on resilience, seizing opportunity, and doing good work in small roles. Read together, the two books give a rounded picture of Caine's life — the facts of his rise, and the reflections of a man looking back on a long career. Both are supplied as brand new paperback copies, ready for reading or gifting.
About the Author
Sir Michael Caine CBE is an English actor born in London in 1933. Over a career spanning more than seven decades and upwards of 160 films, he became one of Britain's most versatile and enduring screen stars, earning Academy Award nominations across five consecutive decades. Known for roles in Zulu, The Italian Job, Alfie and The Dark Knight trilogy, Caine is celebrated as much for his storytelling off-screen as for his performances on it.
Why You'll Love This Michael Caine Collection
Honest, funny and full of heart, this 2 book paperback set captures the highs, lows and hard-won wisdom of a true British film icon — a must-have for fans and gift-buyers alike.
Please Note: Cover shown may vary slightly from the UK paperback edition supplied; ISBNs are as listed above.
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