The Full Burn: On the Set, at the Bar, Behind the Wheel, and Over the Edge with Hollywood Stuntmen

The Full Burn: On the Set, at the Bar, Behind the Wheel, and Over the Edge with Hollywood Stuntmen

by Kevin Conley
The Full Burn: On the Set, at the Bar, Behind the Wheel, and Over the Edge with Hollywood Stuntmen

The Full Burn: On the Set, at the Bar, Behind the Wheel, and Over the Edge with Hollywood Stuntmen

by Kevin Conley

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Overview

In The Full Burn, acclaimed journalist Kevin Conley goes inside one of the coolest - and most dangerous - jobs in the world. With bravura storytelling and full access to many of the legends of the field, Conley gives a behind-the-scenes view of the stuntman's life: the history, the culture, and the tricks of the trade, showing how-and why-stuntmen do what they do.
He even subjects himself to the stuntman's rite of passage -- the book's eponymous stunt -- in which he is doused in jellied gasoline and set aflame. This is truly immersion journalism at its finest.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781608196487
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 01/15/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 712,887
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Kevin Conley is the author of the national bestseller Stud: Adventures in Breeding. A former editor at The New Yorker, he has written for GQ, Sports Illustrated, and the New York Times Magazine, among others. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Amy, and their four children.

Table of Contents


Prologue     1
The Art of the Crash     5
Nine on the Balls Meter     18
Is There a Problem, Officer?     36
Gravity and Blondes     51
The Craziest Stuntman in the World     64
Wonder Women and Titty Twisters     90
One Wide, One Tight, Good Luck     130
Skid and Burn     165
I Never Saw This in Hooper     185
Epilogue     207
Acknowledgments     213
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