Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - Hardcover

Barris, Chuck

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0356109828 ISBN 13: 9780356109824

Publisher: TBS The Book Service Ltd, 1985

Synopsis

Suspense, excess, danger and exuberant fun come together in Chuck Barris's unlikely autobiography - the tale of a wildly flamboyant 1970s television producer of innovative game shows such as The Gong Show and The Dating Game. What most people don't know is that Barris spent close to two decades as a decorated covert assassin for the CIA, claiming to have killed over thirty people. He joined the CIA as an agent in the early 1960's. He infiltrated the Civil Rights movement, met with militant Muslims in Harlem, and was sent abroad to kill enemies of the American state, even as his game shows began to soar to ratings success. Confessions of A Dangerous Mind is a wild and improbable tale spiced with intrigue, sex , bad behaviour, and plenty of one-liners.

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Review

'A weirdly compelling autobiography', Jonathan Ross, Daily Mirror .'Barris' life has been by turns insane, frightening, reckless and desparate ... his life story is nothing short of spectacular and brilliant to read', Front

From the Publisher

The incredible, outlandish autobiography of an American movie exec hired as an assasin by the CIA - since made into a movie starring George Cloony and Julia Roberts

Edition details

• Publisher: TBS The Book Service Ltd
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0356109828
• ISBN 13: 9780356109824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256