My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Autobiography of Errol Flynn

by Errol Flynn, Jeffrey Meyers (Introduction)

Overview

Known to millions as the preeminent swashbuckler of the silver screen, Errol Flynn was a complex man who lived a life far more adventurous than any of his films. In My Wicked, Wicked Ways, Flynn reveals himself to be a self-aware and cosmopolitan devotee of excitement and pleasure. With gusto, he recalls his years as a soldier of fortune in the South Seas, his trip to war-torn Spain, his battles in Hollywood with studio honchos (Jack Warner was a particular nemesis) and ex-wives (esp. Lili Damita), and the furor surrounding his trial for rape in 1943. Freely mixing verbal abuse and tall tales with candid confessions, Flynn's autobiography makes for one hell of a read.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815412502
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/04/2002
Pages:	456
Sales rank:	177,541
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.40(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Errol Flynn (1909-1959) starred in 53 films including The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk, and The Sun Also Rises. Jeffrey Meyers, author of Inherited Risk: Errol Flynn and Sean Flynn in Hollywood and Vietnam , lives in Berkeley, California.

Editorial Reviews

This is a major autobiography in the tradition of Cellini, Casanova, and Frank Harris.

Guardian

The Tasmanian-actor portrays himself not as a debonair swashbuckler but as a chronically unhappy soul whose luck talent and high spirits vaulted him to fame, even as he remained unfulfilled until the end.

Indiana Gazette

Flynn writes cleverly, as he talked. He has left us a good book.

The New York Times

Incredibly absorbing…. Just as in life, Flynn spares himself nothing-and from his book emerges the same roguish charm that endeared his celluloid incarnation to millions.

Saturday Review

A document on Hollywood life far beyond its fan magazine fascination…. [Flynn] delivers footnotes to film history that are hard to come by.

San Francisco Chronicle

"the confessions of a rake, unsparing of himself or anyone else..."

Newsweek

In the book, Flynn writes in a loose style, sometimes reminiscent of someone writing in a journal, sometimes as though he is talking to a friend.

Clifton Record - Carol Moulton

William Macy isn't a fan of horses, althoughn he understands the power of aniamals on the human spirit.

But there's something about telling stories about animals that allows us to epathize ever more than we can with people.

The Scoop

Flynn writes cleverly, as he talked. He has left us a good book.

The New York Times

"the confessions of a rake, unsparing of himself or anyone else..."

Newsweek

A document on Hollywood life far beyond its fan magazine fascination… . [Flynn] delivers footnotes to film history that are hard to come by.

San Francisco Chronicle

The Tasmanian-actor portrays himself not as a debonair swashbuckler but as a chronically unhappy soul whose luck talent and high spirits vaulted him to fame, even as he remained unfulfilled until the end.

Raleigh News and Observer Indiana Gazette