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Caine but not Able?

Advantages: Fun retred
Disadvantages: Retred

...Michael Caine has passed from movie star to leading man to bit part, openly admitting he has written his second autobiography 18 years after his first because of that fact, a les than subtle exercise in reminded his fans about the true great he once was ...

thedevilinme 24.08.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Elephant To Hollywood - Michael Caine

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Entertaining Read

Advantages: written as you're used to Michael Caine speaking
Disadvantages: repeats a lot of earlier biography

I'm not a huge fan of autobiographies, however, I do like Michael Caine. I'm not old enough to remember much of his early work but with his distinctive voice you can tell that he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth, with this in mind I was intrig ...

Fleetwoodgirl 27.04.2011 · Read full review
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A promising acting career cut so short

Advantages: Sympathetic portrait, with useful insights from several of his family and contemporaries
Disadvantages: None really - apart from an arguably extravagant claim [see review]

...A generation, perhaps a little younger than yours truly, probably knows Richard Beckinsale only from repeats on the UK Gold TV channels, and from occasional mentions in the context of ‘how great he would have been if only…’ In 1978 'The Sunday Times Ma ...

JOHNV 20.02.2010 · Read full review
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Review of The Richard Beckinsale Story - David Clayton

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From rebel to multi-millionaire

Advantages: Easy to read, insightful
Disadvantages: Use of cliches in places

The Real Deal: James Caan James Caan is a multi-millionaire businessman who founded numerous successful recruitment companies and then became a venture capitalist and professional investor. In 2007 James Caan shot to fame when he first appeared on the po ...

Rostow 24.05.2011 · Read full review
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Review of The Real Deal: My Story from Brick Lane to the Dragons' Den - James Caan

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Autobiography by James Caan - great read!

Advantages: Great read, fascinating life story
Disadvantages: Might be slightly light on business depth for some

This review is for the paperback book "The Real Deal - My Story from Brick Lane to Dragons' Den" by the entrepreneur James Caan. The paperback book was published by Virgin Books in mid 2009 and is 384 pages long, the hardback version had been published a ...

julwhite 27.01.2010 · Read full review
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