{"product_id":"robin-the-definitive-biography-of-robin-williams","title":"Robin: The Definitive Biography of Robin Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork \u0026amp; Mindy and his Academy Award-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations - all with mercurial, tongue-twisting intensity as he inhabited and shed one character after another with lightning speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as Dave Itzkoff shows in this revelatory biography, Williams's comic brilliance masked a deep well of conflicting emotions and self-doubt, which he drew upon in his comedy and in celebrated films like Dead Poets Society; Good Morning, Vietnam; The Fisher King; Aladdin; and Mrs Doubtfire, where he showcased his limitless gift for improvisation to bring to life a wide range of characters. And in Good Will Hunting he gave an intense and controlled performance that revealed the true range of his talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItzkoff also shows how Williams struggled mightily with addiction and depression - topics he discussed openly while performing and during interviews - and with a debilitating condition at the end of his life that affected him in ways his fans never knew. Drawing on more than a hundred original interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, as well as extensive archival research, Robin is a fresh and original look at a man whose work touched so many lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51520315719997,"sku":"9780283072321","price":12.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3135\/9805\/files\/9780283072321.jpg?v=1774398570","url":"https:\/\/bookclub.org.nz\/products\/robin-the-definitive-biography-of-robin-williams","provider":"Book Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}