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| Original Title: | Wired |
| ISBN: | 0571141641 (ISBN13: 9780571141647) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n50-111 |
| Characters: | John Belushi |
| Setting: | United States of America |
Bob Woodward
Paperback | Pages: 460 pages Rating: 3.7 | 2080 Users | 151 Reviews
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Okay, so I knew that John Belushi did a lot of coke, but what I didn't realize was that he did, like, ALL of the coke. Sounds like just about every gram of blow that was shipped to the US in the late 70s and early 80s found its way into Belushi's system, one way or another. This guy did more nose candy than all of Weimar Germany, and they did a whole hell of a lot of coke in Weimar Germany. No one sets out to have their life story become a cautionary tale, but if this isn't, I'm not too sure what is. The book is well written and compelling, and also serves as a "who's who" of Hollywood drug use during that time period (De Niro, Robin Williams, Dan Akroyd, Ed Begley Jr., et al). Super tragic stuff.
Details Appertaining To Books Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi
| Title | : | Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi |
| Author | : | Bob Woodward |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 460 pages |
| Published | : | May 22nd 1989 by Faber & Faber (first published 1984) |
| Categories | : | Biography. Nonfiction. Biography Memoir. Culture. Film |
Rating Appertaining To Books Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi
Ratings: 3.7 From 2080 Users | 151 ReviewsComment On Appertaining To Books Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi
Frankly I was a little tired of John Belushi after finishing this book. There's lots of name-dropping here for fans of 1970s Hollywood and popular music in particular. It fascinated me that Belushi was hired to do his Joe Cocker routine at Paul McCartney's birthday party. Man, I would pay good money to see a tape of that. Bob Woodward's writing credentials are clear, but it was vastly amusing how he would over-define random things. Honestly, would anyone reading a biography on John Belushi needI've always been fascinated by the life of John Belushi, primarily because I look just like the man, so of course I would eventually read this book. What I found is a tragic tale of loneliness and addiction that probably could have been stopped if anyone had truly gotten to know the man, or if his close friends had done something just a bit sooner. The truly frightening thing I found as I read was exactly how much I do have in common with John. It scared me. Which, of course, is exactly what it
Okay, so I knew that John Belushi did a lot of coke, but what I didn't realize was that he did, like, ALL of the coke. Sounds like just about every gram of blow that was shipped to the US in the late 70s and early 80s found its way into Belushi's system, one way or another. This guy did more nose candy than all of Weimar Germany, and they did a whole hell of a lot of coke in Weimar Germany. No one sets out to have their life story become a cautionary tale, but if this isn't, I'm not too sure
pretty horrible, and i felt dirty after reading it. just because it was 25 cents at the thrift store doesn't mean one has to read it, i guess... that said, while i was reading it i couldn't look away - like a car accident. when i was done, i was like, Well, he wasted a lot of time doing drugs... but look at all the time i just spent reading this clueless book!
Hooper: Mr. Vaughn, what we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks, and that's all. -JAWS (1975)I was thinking about this quote about half way through the reading of Wired. It is the perfect quote to describe John Belushi, without the "make little sharks" line. Belushi was beyond an addict, he was a drug shark. All he did was move around and take drugs. Reading this book is an
A very sound piece of journalism. Biographies are difficult and I do not envy the job of the biographer, especially a biographer of the deceased - if you are too soft and glaze things over the reader will be angry, if you are hard and honest those involved the subjects life will be angry. This struck me as a very thorough piece of work. I have heard many complaints that this book focused on the negative aspects of John Belushi's life and career but I don't think I agree with that. Despite the
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