Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Start by marking “Now And Then: An Autobiography” as Want to Read:
Now And Then: An Autobiography
by
Roy Castle
Reader Q&A
To ask other readers questions about
Now And Then
,
please sign up
.
Be the first to ask a question about Now And Then
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-26
of
26)
I skimmed this rather than read this autobiography, perhaps just in order to get a book read for the my 2014 50-book challenge. Castle has a simple, honest-straightforward, unornamented style of writing which, coupled with the large text size, made this an easy read. I did zoom in on a couple of very funny anecdotes about Roy Castle doing National Service in the RAF and his earlier work in showbusiness. The tale of "coarse, but very funny" Lancashire comedian Fred Randle "firing greasy sausage r
...more
Autobiography of Roy Castle, probably best known as the presenter of the TV show 'Record Breakers' in the 1980s. Earlier in life he worked as an entertainer - tap-dancing, playing the trumpet, and doing comedy routines - and he died of lung cancer (despite never having smoked) in 1994.
I'd always had a lot of respect for Roy Castle, who was a christian and a family man as well as very involved in show business, so I was pleased to see this book on a second-hand stall.
It starts well, with descri ...more
I'd always had a lot of respect for Roy Castle, who was a christian and a family man as well as very involved in show business, so I was pleased to see this book on a second-hand stall.
It starts well, with descri ...more
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
