Film Freak

Film Freak is Fowler’s brisk, chatty memoir… His writing is peppered with trenchantly funny film references. Fowler’s gifts are those of a performing raconteur more than a cultural essayist - but he’s so entertaining, moment by moment, that you readily accept this deal. * Daily Telegraph *
A master storyteller, he slips deftly from fiction to fact: I’ve rarely read a better analysis of the movie business…This is a beautifully written and often hilarious book. * Sunday Express *
a natural autobiographer, charming, funny, perceptive and mercifully free of the usual egomaniacal windbaggery…. I was so smitten with this book that I read it through from cover to cover in one sitting. At times, I found myself laughing loudly and lengthily. Above all, though, I was moved. – John Preston * Daily Mail *
An homage to pre-digital cinema, an elegy for a vanishing London of almost half a century ago and a tribute to friendship, gonzo-style. Two thumbs up for this triple-billing. * FINANCIAL TIMES *
He’s written a roomful of books, including the Bryant & May series of crimers, but his memoirs are just as much fun… Hugely entertaining this. * Sunday Sport
This is the sort of book that should be prescribed as a pick-me-up on the NHS…Film Freak is gold-plated writing: uproarious, then dark, and surprisingly moving. Above all it’s a fabulous evocation of a London, and a way of life, now almost gone for ever. **** * Mail on Sunday *
Dazzlingly funny and evocative … conjures up a world before corporate suits took over, when rubbishy films played all day in smoke-filled cinemas and stars would do a quick advert for a wad of cash. It’s also the most tender and genuine story of a bizarre and complicated relationship …anyone who loves film and brilliant writing should invest in this slice of British culture * Daily Mail *

Christopher Fowler was the multiple award-winning author of almost fifty novels and short story collections, including the celebrated Bryant & May mysteries. His other novels include Roofworld, Spanky, The Sand Men and Hot Water. He has also written two acclaimed memoirs, Paperboy (winner of the Green Carnation Prize) and Film Freak, plus The Book of Forgotten Authors and Peculiar London, Bryant and May’s singular and eccentric guide to the city. In 2015 Chris was awarded the Crime Writers Association’s coveted ‘Dagger in the Library’ for his body of work. He lived in London and Barcelona. Diagnosed with cancer just as the UK went into lockdown in 2020, Chris died on 2nd March 2023.

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