The British filmmaker John Boorman, who made the film HOPE AND GLORY about his own childhood, has written a memoir about the same period in his life, plus the years after. ADVENTURES OF A SUBURBAN BOY takes Boorman from his small-town childhood through his service in the army, his work for the BBC, and his career as a filmmaker. Boorman has known many famous people, both in and out of the film world, and he doesn`t spare the anecdotes.