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© 1997: An autobiography by Tom Baker. 1st edition, 1st printing hardback. Light tanning to text block:- Synopsis: Tom Baker was born an Irish Catholic in Liverpool in 1934. Growing up, surrounded by innumerable relatives in a poor but spirited community, he quickly developed a penchant for lying, a passion for football and a suspicion of priests. After time at school spent failing to find a vocation, and eager to achieve approbation anyway he could, Baker became a monk and spent much time smelling of carbolic soap and avoiding making eye contact with others. Before long he came to the horrifying realization that what he wanted more than anything else was to break all the commandments one by one - a life of charity was clearly not for him. What could he do but become an actor? With ambitions to take on the great roles, he soon discovered that acting mainly involved being out of work, becoming practised at auditioning for inappropriate parts, and drinking. But from a struggling start he went on to appearances at the National Theatre, to work with Pasolini and, finally to star as the ultimate Doctor Who. Far exceeding the usual expectations of an actorly autobiography, 'Who On Earth Is Tom Baker?' is a richly coloured, startlingly wild black comedy. Tom Baker is the kind of man who could drink the old off-the-wagon Anthony Hopkins under the table and who now spends much of his leisure time mowing the grass around his own gravestone in the local churchyard. His memoirs, full of anarchic humour, surreal, ribald and revealing anecdotes, will stand comparison with those of Spike Milligan, Peter Ustinov and David Niven:- (original cost £17.99).…
Seller Inventory # 26.002.00003
- Title
- Who On Earth Is Tom Baker?
- Author
- Baker, Tom
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Very Good: Light signs of wear
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardback: 9½" x 6¼"
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0002558343
- ISBN 13
- 9780002558341
- Illustrator
- Cover Art: Dmitri Kasterine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 0.62 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 9½" (241mm) x 6¼" (158mm).
- Seller catalogs
- Autobiography & Biography, Science Fiction
The hilarious, rumbustious and gloriously indiscreet autobiography of the most famous and best-loved Doctor Who
Tom Baker’s autobiography covers his childhood in the poor spirited Irish community in Liverpool, during which he developed a penchant for lying, a passion for football and a suspicion of priests; his six years as a monk – in which he spent much time trying to avoid eye contact with others; his struggling times as an out-of-work actor and; on to appearances alongside Olivier at the National Theatre, to work with Pasolino and, finally, his time as the ultimate Doctor Who.
Far exceeding the usual expectations of an actorly autobiography, Who on Earth Is Tom Baker? is a blackly comic scream. Baker is the kind of man who could drink the old off-the-wagon Anthony Hopkins under the table. He is a natural writer of Rabbelasian, or at least Spike Milligan, proportions and is, of course, one of the most familiar faces in the British acting world.
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About the Author
Tom Baker was born in Liverpool in 1934. He became an actor and is most well-known, in seventy-four countries, for his portrayal of Doctor Who.
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