While we were all sad to hear that Michael Caine is retired, he most certainly earned the right to just kick back and just spend his days reading…or writing. And that’s just what Michael Caine has done, releasing his first novel at the age of 90.
Michael Caine’s thriller, Deadly Game, finds career criminal catcher Dci agent Harry Taylor tracking down a mysterious box of uranium and various nefarious types who might be tied to the contents. While I haven’t read the book in its entirety, the first few pages – and the plot itself – give off the sort of vibe of the movies that Michael Caine would have starred in in the ‘60s and ‘70s. No doubt that the lead character’s name, Harry, calls to mind his recurring spy character Harry Palmer and vigilante Harry Brown, the titular character that gave Caine one of the meatiest...
Michael Caine’s thriller, Deadly Game, finds career criminal catcher Dci agent Harry Taylor tracking down a mysterious box of uranium and various nefarious types who might be tied to the contents. While I haven’t read the book in its entirety, the first few pages – and the plot itself – give off the sort of vibe of the movies that Michael Caine would have starred in in the ‘60s and ‘70s. No doubt that the lead character’s name, Harry, calls to mind his recurring spy character Harry Palmer and vigilante Harry Brown, the titular character that gave Caine one of the meatiest...
- 1/7/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Most actors make terrible novelists – but writing the ‘cracking thriller’ Deadly Game was life-affirming for the veteran star, so never mind the finished product
God spare us another millionaire actor who fancies themself as a bestselling author –unless the actor is Michael Caine, in which case good on him, raise your glass. The 90-year mainstay of British cinema spent lockdown writing his first novel, tapping away at his iPad every day, toiling to master the intricacies of the craft. “Paragraphs,” he said. “Punctuation, all that.” The book might be awful. It won’t trouble the Man Booker panel. But in finally completing the thing, Caine has indirectly written himself a happy ending of sorts – the most knackered and lovely writer’s cliche of them all.
According to Caine’s publishers, Deadly Game is “a cracking thriller with a real voice and a super twist”, although quite frankly, what else would they say?...
God spare us another millionaire actor who fancies themself as a bestselling author –unless the actor is Michael Caine, in which case good on him, raise your glass. The 90-year mainstay of British cinema spent lockdown writing his first novel, tapping away at his iPad every day, toiling to master the intricacies of the craft. “Paragraphs,” he said. “Punctuation, all that.” The book might be awful. It won’t trouble the Man Booker panel. But in finally completing the thing, Caine has indirectly written himself a happy ending of sorts – the most knackered and lovely writer’s cliche of them all.
According to Caine’s publishers, Deadly Game is “a cracking thriller with a real voice and a super twist”, although quite frankly, what else would they say?...
- 6/8/2023
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
The actor’s novel, Deadly Game, features an ex-Sas police officer called Harry who must grapple with neo-Nazis, wealthy Russians and Colombian drug cartels
Deadly Game, the debut novel from Michael Caine, will be published in the UK and US in November, it has been announced.
The actor, 90, has long harboured the desire to write a thriller, and was inspired to do so by a news item, says his UK publisher, Hodder’s Rowena Webb, about “the discovery of uranium by workers on a dump in London’s East End”. The novel’s lead character is Dci Harry Taylor, who, according to the synopsis, is “called in when just such a package is found, mysteriously abandoned in Stepney and stolen before the police can reclaim it. As security agencies around the world go to red alert, it is former Sas man Harry and his small team from the Met...
Deadly Game, the debut novel from Michael Caine, will be published in the UK and US in November, it has been announced.
The actor, 90, has long harboured the desire to write a thriller, and was inspired to do so by a news item, says his UK publisher, Hodder’s Rowena Webb, about “the discovery of uranium by workers on a dump in London’s East End”. The novel’s lead character is Dci Harry Taylor, who, according to the synopsis, is “called in when just such a package is found, mysteriously abandoned in Stepney and stolen before the police can reclaim it. As security agencies around the world go to red alert, it is former Sas man Harry and his small team from the Met...
- 6/7/2023
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Is Harry 'the one' for Taylor? Their relationship has gone from 0 to 60, and according to a new report she has been gushing to his sister Gemma Styles about how amazing he is! See what Taylor said! So sweet! Taylor Swift has been telling Harry Styles' older sister Gemma Styles that she thinks Harry is "amazing," and apparently the feeling is mutual! The couple, who were seen in an L.A. tattoo parlor on Dec. 18, have had the definition of a whirlwind romance, and it won't be slowing down any time soon. It looks like Harry won't be the subject of one of Taylor's heartbreak songs for a while! Read on for all the details. Taylor Is Falling For Harry Taylor, 23, and Harry, 18, were in England from Dec. 8 to 14, when Harry was seen bringing Taylor to the airport. They had a romantic week feeding swans, going to the Lake District...
- 12/19/2012
- by Eleanore Hutch
- HollywoodLife
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