The Reacher Guy
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The Reacher Guy

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The Reacher Guy

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Anexquisitely written and nuanced biography of an exceptional individual and writer who has created the # 1 international bestselling hero Jack Reacher, revered by dedicated and loyal readers worldwide. Lee Child has a great public persona: he is gracious and generous with readers and fans. But Jim Grant is a reticent and very private man. This rags-to-riches literary and social biography is based principally on disarmingly frank personal conversations and correspondence with the author since 2016 and privileged access to archival materials. It consists almost entirely of original material, and is the nearest thing the world is likely to get to the autobiography he does not intend to write. There are a handful of great Lee Child/Reacher stories that have been recycled over and over again. They are so good that no one has bothered to look beyond them. This book revisits (and sometimes revises) those irresistible stories, but goes back further and digs deeper. The emphasis on chronology, accuracy and specificity is unprecedented. The Lee Child origin myth is much loved. But mostly it sees him springing fully formed from the brow of Granada Television.There are glancing references to Aston Villa and the schoolyard, but no one has examined the social and historical detail or looked closely at where Lee really came from: the people, places and period. This is the first time someone has described the Lee Child arc: from peaceful obscurity in the Yorkshire Dales and Upstate New York to cult figure, no. 1 in America, rock star, celebrity and publishing institution through to backlash, the changing zeitgeist, and intimations of retirement.The analysis of the emotional power and significance of Lee's work in the final chapters—the themes of happiness, addiction, dependency, loneliness, and existential absurdity—and the first-hand retrospective accounts of his life and second-act career are all exclusive to this definitive biography.

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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2020
ISBN
9781643135878
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Biographies
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Chapter 1: The Library
  6. Chapter 2: The Wharfedale
  7. Chapter 3: A Tale of Three Grandfathers
  8. Chapter 4: Coventry
  9. Chapter 5: Humans v. Aliens
  10. Chapter 6: The Finest Hour
  11. Chapter 7: Grievous
  12. Chapter 8: Cherry Orchard
  13. Chapter 9: Elmwood
  14. Chapter 10: Maman
  15. Chapter 11: An Armful of Air
  16. Chapter 12: A Heart Thing
  17. Chapter 13: Always Lucky
  18. Chapter 14: The Age of Aquarius
  19. Chapter 15: Happy Days
  20. Chapter 16: Blessed or Cursed
  21. Chapter 17: Gentleman Jim
  22. Chapter 18: School Report
  23. Chapter 19: Lee Car
  24. Chapter 20: Easy Rider
  25. Chapter 21: Paperback Writer
  26. Chapter 22: The Crucible
  27. Chapter 23: Thornsett Road
  28. Chapter 24: A Charmed Career
  29. Chapter 25: You’re Fired
  30. Chapter 26: The Judge
  31. Chapter 27: Like Winning the Nobel
  32. Chapter 28: Ruskin’s View
  33. Chapter 29: The Apprenticeship
  34. Chapter 30: How Hard Could It Be?
  35. Chapter 31: The Plan
  36. Chapter 32: Four Thousand Tons
  37. Chapter 33: My Home in America
  38. Chapter 34: Out of One, Many
  39. Chapter 35: Great Expectations
  40. Chapter 36: The Treadmill
  41. Chapter 37: The Happiness Business
  42. Chapter 38: The Servant King
  43. Chapter 39: Die Lonely
  44. Chapter 40: Cloverleaf
  45. Chapter 41: Blue Moon
  46. Epilogue
  47. Photographs
  48. Acknowledgements
  49. About the Author
  50. Bibliography
  51. Index
  52. Copyright