{"product_id":"sean-connery","title":"Sean Connery","description":"\u003cp\u003eSean Connery''s personification of secret agent James Bond invigorated Britain and its cinema, allowing a cash-strapped, morale-sapped country in decline to fancy itself still a player on the world stage. But while Bond would make Connery the first actor to command a million dollar-plus fee, the man himself was forever pouring scorn on the fantasies audiences found it increasingly hard to separate him from.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpirited, argumentative and sardonically celebratory, Christopher Bray''s \u003ci\u003eSean Connery\u003c\/i\u003e is both a biography of a star and an investigation of what can happen to a man when the images he creates take over his life. And it''s an analysis of what it means to be star-struck - a critical tribute to a secular icon who has shaped so many dreams. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this skillfully crafted biography, Christopher Bray challenges the assumptions and rumours prevelent in previous biographies with characteristic wit and skill. His previous book \u003ci\u003eMichael Caine: A Class Act, \u003c\/i\u003ewas described by the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e as ''an extremely enjoyable interpretation of a fascinating body of work.''  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApart from his notable performances as James Bond in seven Bond films including \u003ci\u003eDr. No\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom Russia With Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGoldfinger\u003c\/i\u003e, Sean Connery won an Oscar for \u003ci\u003eThe Untouchables \u003c\/i\u003eand appeared in \u003ci\u003eIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHighlander\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rock\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also starred in \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Would Be King\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMurder on the Orient Express\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZardoz\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318896501118,"sku":"NW9780571238088","price":12.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571238088.jpg?v=1778726248","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/sean-connery","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}