Herman Wouk RIP

EveshamAddick

Good innings.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/17/herman-wouk-obituary

soapy_jones

RIP

iainment

As well as the Caine Mutiny I enjoyed the Winds of War and War and remembrance.
An interesting man.

lordromford

iainment said:

As well as the Caine Mutiny I enjoyed the Winds of War and War and remembrance.
An interesting man.

Sorry for the off topic, but I’m sure I’ve read that The Caine Mutiny was the inspiration for Michael Caine picking his surname - is that right?

RIP Mr Wouk

EveshamAddick

lordromford said:

iainment said:

As well as the Caine Mutiny I enjoyed the Winds of War and War and remembrance.
An interesting man.

Sorry for the off topic, but I’m sure I’ve read that The Caine Mutiny was the inspiration for Michael Caine picking his surname - is that right?

RIP Mr Wouk

According to Wikipedia 

 Speaking to his agent from a telephone booth in Leicester Square, London, he looked around for inspiration, noted that The Caine Mutiny was being shown at the Odeon Cinema in 1954, and decided to change his name to "Michael Caine".[25]

lordromford

EveshamAddick said:

lordromford said:

iainment said:

As well as the Caine Mutiny I enjoyed the Winds of War and War and remembrance.
An interesting man.

Sorry for the off topic, but I’m sure I’ve read that The Caine Mutiny was the inspiration for Michael Caine picking his surname - is that right?

RIP Mr Wouk

According to Wikipedia 

 Speaking to his agent from a telephone booth in Leicester Square, London, he looked around for inspiration, noted that The Caine Mutiny was being shown at the Odeon Cinema in 1954, and decided to change his name to "Michael Caine".[25]

Thanks. Not quite ‘inspiration’ in the way I’d imagined then - I’d assumed he was a big fan!

Brendan_O_Connell

RIP

Lincsaddick

 I read his books years ago and enjoyed them .. R I P