Ive sometimes thought in the dead of night; "Look at your life; Bruce; rip out the writing; and with all these boiling frustrations and opinions what would you be?" Id be in trouble; wouldnt I? Or Id be in jail... Hard-talking; boisterous; frank and forthright; Bruce Robinson reveals to Alistair Owen the truth about his work and life in a series of exclusive interviews. Talking candidly about his entire career; his acting; writing and directing; and the many tussles he has faced with Hollywood moguls; this is Bruce Robinson as youve never seen or heard him before.
#3216755 in eBooks 2014-06-10 2014-06-10File Name: B01DPPWL12
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerCame in great condition. Really love the drawings.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Give it a chance!By JennyLike most American children. I was first introduced to engineer Rube Goldbergrsquo;s wacky machines through Looney Tunes. Tom and Jerry. and other vehicles of modern culture. However. unlike most American children. I was also introduced to Goldbergrsquo;s British counterpart. W. Heath Robinson (1872-1944). My parents had a book of his illustrations. and I spent way too many hours during my formative childhood trying to make sense of it rather than struggling through my McGuffey Readers. So when I recently received a reprint of Railway Ribaldy. Being 96 Pages of Railway Humour (Old House. 2014). sweet nostalgia was in the air.In 1935. the Great Western Railway (GWR). which linked London to west England and Wales. celebrated its one hundredth anniversary. Well-known World War I illustrator Robinson produced Railway Ribaldy to commemorate the occasion. His cartoons are political and cultural commentaries on the railroads in general and the GWR in particular. suggesting in a highly imaginative way how they evolved into efficient and comfortable means of transportation. That is. with fantastic contraptions that defy physics and the adaption of some of strangest social practices that have been giving laughing readers belly-aches for close to a century.So if yoursquo;re in the mood for some entertaining visual stories documenting railroad ldquo;history.rdquo; check out this new edition of Railway Ribaldy. Irsquo;ll admit the book suffers from an unattractive cover design. The colors and lettering especially scream ldquo;outdatedrdquo; rather than ldquo;timeless.rdquo; I feel that Robinson deserves something with a bit more posh. I also fear that too many readers will give up too easily on it. Some of the jokes are sure to be lost on todayrsquo;s American readers. as there are no notes explaining some of the nineteenth century publicrsquo;s concerns and the GWRrsquo;s dilemmas. Yet that can be seen as another opportunity for the readerrsquo;s imagination to take over. All flaws aside. I hope your family will enjoy this volume just as much as mine did.Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book as a First Reads giveaway winner on GoodReads.com. There was no obligation to write a review.
