Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed
Author: Robert Sellers
Subject: Non-Fiction; Biography; History
Publisher: St. Martin's Press (2008-05-29)
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ON SCREEN THEY WERE STARS.
“A portrait of four profoundly flawed yet awesome leading men, as well as a window into a time when glamour was sacrosanct and when stardom was achieved rather than manufactured.†—Playboy
“As the colorful anecdotes collected in this book make clear, some stars are born rather than made.â€â€”New York Post
“Sellers’s outrageously entertaining history proves that today’s celebrities don’t have much on Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole, Richard Harris, and Oliver Reed.â€â€”The Daily Beast
“Hellraisers takes us back to the glory days of stage and screen actors Peter O’Toole, Richard Burton, Richard Harris, and Oliver Reed.â€â€”Connecticut News
OFF SCREEN THEY WERE LEGENDS!
“So wonderfully captures the wanton belligerence of both binging and stardom you almost feel the guys themselves are telling the tales.â€â€”GQ
“Like the rejuvenating martinis and blurry haze of cigarettes in Mad Men, Robert Sellers’s nostalgic Hellraisers . . . amounts to an unapologetic celebration of the plastered and the damned.â€â€”The Wall Street Journal
“A rowdy collection of greatest hits.â€â€”The New York Times
“An incredibly entertaining series of anecdotes, interspersed with unpretentious and conversational interviews—all about drinking.â€â€”Los Angeles Times
“The most outrageous film book of the season, by far.â€â€”The Buffalo News
THE BOOZY BIOGRAPHY OF THE FOUR GREATEST ACTORS TO EVER WALK—OR STAGGER—INTO A PUB.