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Heath Ledger: His Beautiful Life and Mysterious Death
by
John McShane
With his huge charisma, vast talent, and smoldering looks lighting up the screen, Heath Ledger quickly became a Hollywood A-list following his debut in the 1999 teen film 10 Things I Hate About You. But it was his award-winning and controversial role as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain that cemented Ledgerwere thought to be the cause, but mystery surrounded the circumst...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
June 15th 2008
by John Blake
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this was never going to be an indepth journey into the great man but for what it is (mainly a self indulgant jaunt into heathville in order to fan the flames of my love for him!), this delivers. it is not literary genius- it was quite clearly written in a hurry in order to capitalise on heath's untimely and tragic death (lines were repeated throughout the book and there was no attention payed to flow or structure).
however, for fans of heath this will fill in a gap between watching hi...more
however, for fans of heath this will fill in a gap between watching hi...more
I am a massive fan of Heath Ledger, and I was given this as a present, because I wanted to know more about him after his premature death. I'm sure John McShane is a good writer, but there's something about biographies that I just can't connect too. I think it's because autobiographies have that personal touch, whereas biographies are just displaying the facts, there was no humour or anecdotes. However, as he is no longer with us, this is as good as it's going to get.
This has been on my 'must read' list for a while. I'm glad the delay didn't wet my apatite for a climax because this book was dull. The book contains a couple of factual errors and seems constructed entirely from newspaper reports. The result makes the whole book feel detached from the reader and leaves me wondering whether it was simply published to cash in on Ledger's death.
RIP Heath.... this was an interesting read.
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