Title:
The Reacher guy : a biography of Lee Child
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Edition:
First Pegasus Books edition.
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
©2020
Physical Description:
518 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781643135861
Abstract:
Lee Child is the thriller writer responsible for countless international bestsellers--as well as the iconic character of Jack Reacher. Yet despite being revered by millions of readers around the globe, little is actually known about the enigmatic man behind the novels. The Lee Child origin myth is a much-loved one: it sees the author springing, fully formed, from the brow of Granada Television. But this is the first time that anyone has revealed the Lee Child arc: from peaceful obscurity in the Yorkshire Dales to cult status as a literary rock star, through to backlash, the changing zeitgeist and intimations of retirement. The Reacher Guy is an explosive and riveting biography of a much-loved and mythologized author. In it, Heather Martin looks closely at where Child really sprang from. Based on disarmingly frank personal conversations and years of correspondence with the author, as well as privileged access to archival materials, it the nearest thing the world is ever likely to get to the autobiography Lee Child does not intend to write.
Contents:
The library -- The Wharfedale -- A tale of three grandfathers -- Coventry -- Humans v. aliens -- The finest hour -- Grievous -- Cherry orchard -- Elmwood -- Maman -- An armful of air -- A heart thing -- Always lucky -- The age of Aquarius -- Happy days -- Blessed or cursed -- Gentleman Jim -- School report -- Lee car -- Easy rider -- Paperback writer -- The crucible -- Thornsett Road -- A charmed career -- You're fired -- The Judge -- Like winning the Nobel -- Ruskin's view -- The apprenticeship -- How hard could it be? -- The plan -- Four thousand tons -- My home in America -- Out of one, many -- Great expectations -- The treadmill -- The happiness business -- The servant king -- Die lonely -- Cloverleaf -- Blue moon -- Epilogue.
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Language:
English
