{"product_id":"what-fresh-lunacy-is-this-9781472101129","title":"What Fresh Lunacy is This?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Fresh Lunacy is This?\u003c\/strong\u003e by Robert Sellers. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781472101129.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOliver Reed may not have been Britains biggest film star - for a period in the early 70s he came within a hairsbreadth of replacing Sean Connery as James Bond - but he is an august member of that small band of people, like George Best and Eric Morecambe, who transcended their chosen medium, became too big for it even, and grew into cultural icons.\nFor the first time Reeds close family has agreed to collaborate on a project about the man himself. The result is a fascinating new insight into a man seen by many as merely a brawling, boozing hellraiser. And yet he was so much more than this. For behind that image, which all too often he played up to in public, was a vastly complex individual, a man of deep passions and loyalty but also deep-rooted vulnerability and insecurities. Why was a proud, patriotic, intelligent, successful and erudite man so obsessed about proving himself to others, time and time again?\nAlthough the Reed myth is of Homeric proportions, he remains a national treasure and somewhat peculiar icon.\nPraise for other books by Robert Sellers:\nHellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter OToole, and Oliver Reed:\nSo wonderfully captures the wanton belligerence of both binging and stardom you almost feel the guys themselves are telling the tales. GQ.\nVic Armstrong: The True Adventures of the Worlds Greatest Stuntman:\nThis is the best and most original behind-the-scenes book I have read in years, gripping and revealing. Roger Lewis, Daily Mail.\nDont Let the Bastards Grind You Down: ...a rollicking good read... Sellers has done well to capture a vivid snapshot of this exciting time. Lynn Barber, Sunday Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Constable \u0026 Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44976978690101,"sku":"ByrdShop_147210112X","price":317.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781472101129_c6fea6ee-bcee-413f-ba69-74c424011b07.jpg?v=1792951818","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/what-fresh-lunacy-is-this-9781472101129","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}