Hellraisers by Robert Sellers - ISBN: 9781848090187
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Boozing, brawling legends: Four actors who lived life to the extreme.

Hellraisers

The Life and Inebriated Times of Burton, Harris, O'Toole and Reed

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    1 April 2009

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Summary

An extremely entertaining biography of four charismatic and much-loved actors—Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole, and Oliver Reed. Robert Sellers follows their stories through five decades of boozing, brawling, and braggadocio.

‘God put me on this earth to raise sheer hell.’ — Richard Burton

‘I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. And it’s true, I never looked back to see the casualties.’ — Richard Harris

‘Booze is the most outrageous of…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781848090187
ISBN-10:1848090188
Author:Robert Sellers
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Preface Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:1 April 2009
Weight:264g
Dimensions:197mm x 128mm x 23mm
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Critics Review

A rollicking read

A rollicking read * Sunday Express *
Sellers’ biography is a jaw-dropping account of their twisted, tortured, politically incorrect lives * Daily Record *
Robert Sellers gleefully follows the seedy lives of the four liver-abusing actors as they drink, brawl and shag their way through the decades into eventual oblivion * Metro *
The best book we’ve ever read involving binge drinking, botched stage entrances, Hollywood floozies and British movie stars … Sometimes the form of a piece so perfectly fits its content you can actually hear the angels of accordance purr. Such is the case with Hellraisers … The sprightly smash ‘n dash of the prose so wonderfully captures the wanton belligerence of both bingeing and stardom you almost feel the guys themselves are telling the tales * GQ *
Unputdownable … Sports book of the half-century, you might even say – Frank Keating * Guardian *

About The Author

Robert Sellers

Robert Sellers is a former stand-up comedian and the author of biographies of Sting, Tom Cruise, two appreciations of the work of Sean Connery and the definitive book on The Pythons- Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. Robert was a regular contributor to Empire, Total Film, The Independent, SFX and Cinema Retro and has contributed to a number of television documentaries, including Channel 4’s The 100 Best Family Films.

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