A Fate Worse Than Hollywood: An Autobiography

David Ambrose has always been something of a protean figure; a person capable of sloughing off an identity in favour of cultivating a new one, befitting the set of circumstances in which he found himself. In this witty and insightful memoir, he reflects upon some of the variegated personae he has adopted throughout his life: from the Northern grammar school student attempting to conceal his working-class, Lancashire roots to a suave Englishman courting Hollywood as a screenwriter.

Replete with vivid, insider anecdotes and populated by incredible figures such as Orson Welles and Bette Davis, this memoir details David Ambrose’s extraordinary journey to and ultimately away from the bright lights of Hollywood.