The Empress of Ireland
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Scribner
Published: June 6, 2005
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780743220729
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Films, cinema; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: "Fucking old queen!" MID-MORNING in the Turk's Head, in London's Belgravia, the quiet hour before the arrival of the lunchtime clientele, when only the idle and the alcoholic are about, and the smell of polish and air-freshener briefly dominates the fug of stale beer and stubbed cigarettes.