The Full Burn by Kevin Conley
Every boy dreams of being a stuntman. Most men do, too, at least a little bit. On movie sets, even the stars wish they could be like the guys who do their dirty work. In Stuntmen, acclaimed journalist Kevin Conley goes inside one of the coolest - and most dangerous - jobs in the world. With bravura storytelling and full access to many of the legends of the field (including Uma's double for Kill Bill and the stunt director for the Jason Bourne movies, among many others), Conley gives a passenger's-seat view of the stuntman's life: the history, the culture, and the tricks of the trade, showing how and why stuntmen do what they do. What's the greatest stunt ever performed? Why is the divorce rate among stuntmen so high? What's it like to go to work not knowing whether you'll come back? What's it like for your wife? What's the scariest trick a stuntman does? Conley delivers the answers in the form of vivid tales from his subjects' lives - and, in the case of the last question, from his own; in one of the book's later chapters, he subjects himself to the "full burn," the stuntman's rite of passage, in which he is doused in jellied gasoline and set on fire.This is immersion journalism at its finest.
Kevin Conley is the author of the national bestseller Stud: Adventures in Breeding. A former editor at The New Yorker, he has written for GQ, Sports Illustrated, and the New York Times Magazine, among others. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Amy, and their four children.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781596910232 |
| Title | The Full Burn |
| Author | Kevin Conley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Year published | 2008-06-24 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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