Bruce Robinson

The Profile

Bruce Robinson is a British film director, screenwriter, actor, and author. He wrote and directed Withnail and I, penned the screenplay for The Killing Fields, and authored the novel The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman.

English filmmaker and writer; director/writer of Withnail and I; screenwriter of The Killing Fields; author of The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman; active since the 1970s.

A personal, humorous review of Bruce Robinson’s The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman. The reviewer recalls buying, lending, and losing the book, then fondly sketches its 1950s English countryside setting and coming-of-age themes. Praises Robinson’s prose and light touch from screenwriting. Overall a warm, encouraging nod to track the novel down.