Name: This Isn'T Going to end Well: The True Story of a man i Thought i Knew
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Author: Daniel Wallace
ISBN: 9781643752105

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This Isn'T Going to end Well: The True Story of a man i Thought i Knew

Type

Physical Book

Author

Daniel Wallace

Publisher

Algonquin Books

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781643752105

Synopsis "This Isn'T Going to end Well: The True Story of a man i Thought i Knew "

In this powerful memoir, the bestselling author of Big Fish tries to come to terms with the life and death of his multi-talented longtime friend and brother-in-law, who had been his biggest hero and inspiration, in a poignant, lyrical, and moving memoir. If we're lucky, we all encounter at least one person whose life elevates and inspires our own. For acclaimed novelist Daniel Wallace, he had one hero and inspiration for so much of what followed: his longtime friend and brother-in-law William Nealy. Seemingly perfect, impossibly cool, William was James Dean, Clint Eastwood, and MacGyver all rolled into one, an acclaimed outdoorsman, a famous cartoonist, an accomplished author, a master of all he undertook, William was the ideal that Daniel sought to emulate. But when William took his own life at age 48, Daniel was left first grieving, and then furious with the man who broke his and his sister's hearts. That anger led him to commit a grievous act of his own, a betrayal that took him down a dark path into the tortured recesses of William's past. Eventually, a new picture of William emerged, of a man with too many secrets and too much shame to bear. This Isn't Going to End Well is Daniel Wallace's first foray into nonfiction. Part love story, part true crime, part a desperate search for the self and how little we really can know another, This Isn't Going to End Well tells an intimate and moving story of what happens when we realize our heroes are human.

Daniel Wallace

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Daniel Wallace is an American writer and illustrator born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1959. He is known for his novel "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions" (1998), adapted into a film by Tim Burton in 2003. His other works include "Ray in Reverse" (2000), "The Watermelon King" (2003), and "Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician" (2007). His stories and essays have been published in various magazines and anthologies, and his novels have been translated into more than 18 languages.

In addition to his work in fiction, Wallace has made significant contributions to the "Star Wars" universe with books like "Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters" (2002) and "Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Droids" (2006). His work "Star Wars: The Book of the Sith" (2012) offers a deep insight into the dark side of the Force. These works belong to the science fiction genre and have been well received by fans of the saga.

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