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Wasted: The True Story Of Jim Mcneil, Violent Criminal And Brilliant Playwright

Ross Honeywill

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Description:At 13, Jim McNeil quit school for good. At 14, he started an affair with a brothel madam. For years he relished his life among the thugs, thieves and whores. By his 20s, he was a recidivist, had a wife, six kids and was well on his way to a 17-year sentence for shooting a policeman during an armed robbery. When he wrote his first play, in prison, he'd never set foot in a theatre. Just four years later he was a celebrity, freed ten years early thanks to the agitation of a powerful group of the Sydney elite, who declared him one of the country's most important writers. Three months later he married Robyn Nevin, won the Australian Writers' Guild script award, and was commissioned to write the screenplay for My Brilliant Career. Charismatic and charming, he was at the height of his powers. He never wrote again. Pursued by Sydney society, he was out of his world and off his head. He returned to the streets and was dead within a decade. For the first time, this is the story of his tragic, mesmerising life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wasted: The True Story Of Jim Mcneil, Violent Criminal And Brilliant Playwright. To get started finding Wasted: The True Story Of Jim Mcneil, Violent Criminal And Brilliant Playwright, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 320

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Penguin Australia

Release: 2010

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Description: At 13, Jim McNeil quit school for good. At 14, he started an affair with a brothel madam. For years he relished his life among the thugs, thieves and whores. By his 20s, he was a recidivist, had a wife, six kids and was well on his way to a 17-year sentence for shooting a policeman during an armed robbery. When he wrote his first play, in prison, he'd never set foot in a theatre. Just four years later he was a celebrity, freed ten years early thanks to the agitation of a powerful group of the Sydney elite, who declared him one of the country's most important writers. Three months later he married Robyn Nevin, won the Australian Writers' Guild script award, and was commissioned to write the screenplay for My Brilliant Career. Charismatic and charming, he was at the height of his powers. He never wrote again. Pursued by Sydney society, he was out of his world and off his head. He returned to the streets and was dead within a decade. For the first time, this is the story of his tragic, mesmerising life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wasted: The True Story Of Jim Mcneil, Violent Criminal And Brilliant Playwright. To get started finding Wasted: The True Story Of Jim Mcneil, Violent Criminal And Brilliant Playwright, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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