roybaintonwrites
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | Buy my books at www.xrl.us/baintonbooks I'm a fat old writer born and bred in Hull. I'm now living in what used to be the heart of Sherwood Forest. Since leaving school in 1959 I've had 32 jobs, including 7 years in the Merchant Navy. Labouring, printing, salesmanship, hospital porter, there isn't much I haven't had a go at. I began my full-time career as a writer in 1996. I've published eleven books, worked in TV and Radio, and believing that mere survival is a noble art, if it needs words, I'll write it. Anything from a newsletter,CD liner notes to a major biograhy - bring it on - I'm your man. This blog site insists I'm a Capricron. I'm not - I'm Aries. |
| Interests | Literature, History, Music, Films |
| Favorite movies | Reds (Warren Beatty), Moby Dick (the Gregory Peck version), Good Night and Good Luck, The Shawshank Redemption, Lust For Life, The Train, El Cid, Ben Hur, Gladiator, Paths of Glory, 2001, Withnail & I, Lawrence of Arabia, Spartacus, Jean de Florette,Cinema Paradiso, Brassed Off, The Last Waltz, and many more. |
| Favorite music | All black R&B from the 40s to the 60s, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf,John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Blues Band etc. Beethoven, Delius, Vaughan Williams, Mahler, The Watersons and all Folk Music, most jazz,anything by Ry Cooder, a lot of Country & Western. |
| Favorite books | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens,Billy Budd by Herman Melville,Moby Dick by Herman Melville,A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway,anything by Gore Vidal, Bird By Bird, Anne Lamott, anything by Bill Bryson and lots more. |