{"product_id":"9780805092356","title":"Bonnie and Clyde : The Lives Behind the Legend","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Paul Schneider\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe flesh-and-blood story of the outlaw lovers who shot their way across Depression-era America, based on archival research, declassified FBI documents, and interviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe daring movie revolutionized Hollywood—now the true story of Bonnie and Clyde is told in the lovers' own voices, with verisimilitude and drama to match Truman Capote's \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrictly nonfiction—no dialogue or other material has been made up—and set in the dirt-poor Texas landscape that spawned the star-crossed outlaws, Paul Schneider's brilliantly researched and dramatically crafted tale begins with a daring jailbreak and ends with an ambush and shoot-out that consigns their bullet-riddled bodies to the crumpled front seat of a hopped-up getaway car. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow's relationship was, at the core, a toxic combination of infatuation blended with an instinct for going too far too fast. Without glamorizing the killers, or vilifying the cops, the book, alive with action and high-level entertainment, provides a complete picture of America's most famous outlaw couple and the culture that created them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“When David Newman and I were writing the screen play for \"Bonnie and Clyde\" we did an enormous amount of research, but not nearly as much as Paul Schneider. And it has paid off handsomely; he has written a splendid biography of two iconic American gangsters who were 'not only outlaws, but outcasts.' From the first page, waiting for a prison break on a foggy morning in East Texas to the last, the book is riveting and unforgettable.” —\u003ci\u003eRobert Benton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A nonfiction novel in the style of Capote's \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e . . . . Schneider's Bonnie and Clyde presents the story the way it might have been from the inside.” —\u003ci\u003eAllen Barra, The Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780805092356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40623915892942,"sku":"9780805092356","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_0c343612-d7d9-40c9-b58e-7dfd717b80eb.jpg?v=1638581495","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780805092356","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}