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Herman Wouk RIP

EveshamAddick
EveshamAddick Posts: 7,015
in Not Sports Related
Good innings.

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

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  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,355
    RIP
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    As well as the Caine Mutiny I enjoyed the Winds of War and War and remembrance.
    An interesting man.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    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
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,015
    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
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    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
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
     I read his books years ago and enjoyed them .. R I P

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