Smoking in Bed - Conversations with Bruce Robinson (Paperback, New edition)

‘I've sometimes thought in the dead of night, 'Look at your life, Bruce, rip out the writing, and with all these boiling frustrations and opinions what would you be?' I'd be in trouble, wouldn't I? Or I'd be in jail.’

In his hard-talking, boisterous manner Bruce Robinson tells Alistair Owen the truth about his work and life in a series of exclusive interviews. Talking candidly about his entire career — his acting, writing, directing and the many tussles he has had with Hollywood moguls — this is Bruce Robinson as you've never heard him before.

‘It’s alive with Robinson’s voice, his turn of phrase, his passionate digressions. It’s as if it has sneaked up on literature by not ever considering itself as such … talking, he is fully engaged, driven by an endless compulsion to entertain: his conversation is a work of art’ — Guardian, in full

‘Robinson sounds off with a total disregard for reputations or friendships. It’s a colourful rant of a book … hugely revealing and entertaining’ — Sunday Tribune

'Thanks to Alistair Owen's thorough knowledge, these conversations are consistently enthralling, exhibiting impressive political and artistic consciousness and, of course the famed razor wit, well deployed recounting Zeffirelli's attempted seduction, or describing the allure of Shakespeare. Disciples of the latter-day Hamlet should look no further’ — Guardian, 'Paperbacks'

‘Furious and lyrical’ — Sunday Times
‘A rare and fulsome entertainment’ — Select
‘The next best thing to a one-to-one’ — Time Out

To find out more about Bruce Robinson, visit www.bloomsbury.com/brucerobinson

To find out more about Alistair Owen, visit www.bloomsbury.com/alistairowen