Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong Audiobook

Quotes

• “Merian C. Cooper’s life reads like an adventure novel, as Mark Vaz proves perfectly with Living Dangerously.”

  — Ray Bradbury, bestselling science fiction author

• “Living Dangerously is a wonderful addition to the literature of movies and popular culture but, on a personal level, it allowed me to understand the man who made the movie that had such a powerful effect upon me…Now finally…the legend comes out of the shadows.”

  — Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings and King Kong

• “Mark Cotta Vaz’s account of Cooper’s adventures as soldier, prisoner of war, explorer, documentarian, mogul, and director is breathtaking. We all know the ape was big. But the man behind the ape? Even bigger.”

  — J. J. Abrams, creator of Lost and Alias

• “Mark Cotta Vaz has drawn on an impressive amount of research…Cooper was lucky enough to live in an age when dreamers could inflict their fantasies upon the world, and smart enough to make indelible use of that privilege.”

  — Washington Post

• “[A] boisterous, chest-thumping biography…Vaz captures the mythic magic of Cooper’s cinematic creations…The charismatic Cooper, ‘a man living his own movie,’ is no longer an obscure, remote figure, thanks to Vaz’s exhaustive research and skillful writing.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “[Cooper’s] life rivaled that of any cinematic hero…readers will enjoy the ride. Recommended for all cinema collections.”

  — Library Journal

• “[A] readable, frequently gripping biography. An altogether appealing addition for film-history collections.”

  — Booklist