"This book is funny. Really funny. It's an unsentimental look at
imperfect people. We may not want to BE them, but they sure are wild
tour-guides for this crazed ride through our deeply flawed culture."
Writer/Director Billy Ray, Captain Phillips, The Comey Rule, Shattered Glass.
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"A period of recent American history, often ignored by most scribes,
gets a wild and brilliant revision in Bootleg Heroes via the insightful
and retro imagination of author Peter Cook. As a kindred spirit, I
highly endorse this rollicking tale of 1980 Americana."
Dwayne Epstein, NY Times bestselling author of
Lee Marvin: Point Blank and Killing Generals: The Making of The Dirty Dozen,
The Most Iconic WWII Movie of All Time.
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"Peter Cook's rollicking tilt-a-whirl ride of a novel catalogues an
era when American Empire bestrode the world like a hard-partying
colossus. Combining the blunt-force satirical wit of Norman Mailer's
Naked and the Dead with the nostalgia of Robert Towne's The Last
Detail, Bootleg Heroes is a postcard from hell pasted with a postage
stamp of the American flag."
Producer/ Screenwriter William Wheeler, Ray Donovan, The Prime Gig,
The Hoax, The Queen of Katwe.
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"If you like your aguardiente con Devil's Breath, check this out - Bootleg
Heroes is an American GI jungle saga that makes Fast and Furious look
dull and torpid, set in Ecuador circa 1980, where romance is elusive
and man's inhumanity and harsh realities rule. Filled to the brim
with Hollywood love and lore, this book is a real pow to the kisser."
Patrick McGilligan, author of Funny Man: Mel Brooks,
Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light.
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"Bootleg Heroes captures the authentic, tribal behaviors of a handful
of U.S. Marines stationed in South America circa 1980. It's a fast-paced,
well-executed novel written by an insider. Bootleg Heroes made
me laugh - and wince!"
Dr. Peter Kuznick, Director, Nuclear Studies Institute at American
University, NY Times Bestselling Co-author (w/ Oliver Stone)
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"Reading as a former Army M.P., Bootleg Heroes exceeded all expectations.
Cook presents a hilariously funny, true to life examination of a military
culture that reverberates with absolute authenticity. As I read the
hierarchy that I'd lived, I found myself racing home to grab the book,
return to '80's and laugh away the woes of my day."
Dr. Alan-Michael Graves, Director of Teaching and Capacity Building,
The Good Plus Foundation.
