Charlie Sheen

Maailmantähden rehelliset ja vauhdikkaat muistelmat. Charlie Sheen kertoo nyt ensimmäistä kertaa omin sanoin poikkeuksellisesta elämästään. Hänen ei pitäisi olla enää elossa ottaen huomioon, mitä hänelle on tapahtunut. Kirjassa kerrotaan, miten hän on uhmannut todennäköisyyksiä useamman kerran. Hän on näyttelijä Martin Sheenin poika, joka kasvoi isänsä elokuvien kuvauspaikoilla. Hän nousi näyttelijänä suureen suosioon 1980-luvulla Platoon ja Wall Street -elokuvien myötä. Vaikka hän siirtyi myöhemmin menestyksekkäästi televisioon päärooleihin, hän ajautui sivuraiteille elämässään. Nyt raitistuneena Sheen kertoo uskomattoman tarinansa, jota voi lukea kuin romaania, mutta kaikki on totta.

Charlie Sheen burde bogstavelig talt ikke være i live. Men alligevel er han her, og nu fortæller han for første gang sin historie med egne ord – helt uden filter. Som søn af skuespilleren Martin Sheen voksede han op på filmset i hele verden og hjemme i Malibu, Californien. I 1980’erne fik han sit store gennembrud med roller som ung soldat i Platoon og skruppelløs børsmægler i Wall Street. Succesen fortsatte med hovedroller i tv-serierne Spin City og Two and a Half Men. Alligevel kørte det hele af sporet for Sheen. Efter en turbulent årrække præget af sprut og stoffer er han kommet ud på den anden side. Nu ser han tilbage på sine største opture og nedture i Hollywood, og alt lægges frem til skue med en selvironi, humor og et glimt i øjet, som kun Sheen mestrer. ”En medrivende beretning til skræk og advarsel, og overraskende nok en af de morsomste erindringsbøger, jeg har læst.” Michael J. Fox ”En fandenivoldsk tour de force gennem årtiers udskejelser.” Kirkus Reviews

For the first time, Charlie Sheen – the star of Platoon, Wall Street, Major League and Two and a Half Men – writes the story of his extraordinary life in an unfiltered memoir. ‘We can live the stories or hear about them later from others. I choose the former.’ Charlie Sheen shouldn’t be alive to write this book. But in The Book of Sheen, the movie and TV star, who has defied the odds, finally presents his story, in his own words. Charlie Sheen was born the third of four children to actor Martin Sheen and his wife, Janet. He grew up on film sets – from his father’s all over the world, to his own in Malibu. There, he made ambitious Super 8s, with a roster of friends who went on to become household names, including his brother Emilio, Sean and Chris Penn and the Lowe brothers. Sheen broke into movies in the 1980s, playing a hoodlum in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a young soldier in Platoon and an ethically compromised trader in Wall Street. But somewhere along the way, despite a successful transition to TV leading man in Spin City and Two and a Half Men, Sheen descended into a vortex of extracurricular activities. Now sober, Sheen delivers a clear-eyed narrative of his highs and lows with humour, candour and a vivid, captivating writing style that is uniquely his. The Book of Sheen reads like a far-fetched, overstuffed novel of Hollywood life – yet it is all true.

For the first time, Charlie Sheen, the star of Platoon, Wall Street, Major League, and Two and a Half Men, writes the story of his extraordinary life in an unfiltered memoir. "We can live the stories or hear about them later from others. I choose the former." Charlie Sheen should not be alive to write this book. But in The Book of Sheen, the movie and TV star, who has defied the odds, finally presents his story, in his own words. Charlie Sheen was born the third of four children to actor Martin Sheen and his wife, Janet. He grew up on film sets--from his father's all over the world, to his own in Malibu. There he made ambitious Super 8s, with a roster of friends who went on to become household names themselves, including his brother Emilio, Sean and Chris Penn, and the Lowe brothers. Sheen broke into movies in the 1980s, playing a hoodlum in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a young soldier in Platoon, and an ethically compromised trader in Wall Street. But somewhere along the way, despite a successful transition to TV leading man in Spin City and Two and a Half Men, Sheen descended into a vortex of extracurricular activities. Now sober, Sheen delivers a clear-eyed narrative of his highs and lows with humor, candor, and a vivid, captivating writing style that is uniquely his. The Book of Sheen reads like a far-fetched, overstuffed novel of Hollywood life--yet it is all true.

For the first time, Charlie Sheen, the star of Platoon, Wall Street, Major League, and Two and a Half Men, writes the story of his extraordinary life in an unfiltered memoir. "We can live the stories or hear about them later from others. I choose the former." Charlie Sheen should not be alive to write this book. But in The Book of Sheen, the movie and TV star, who has defied the odds, finally presents his story, in his own words. Charlie Sheen was born the third of four children to actor Martin Sheen and his wife, Janet. He grew up on film sets--from his father's all over the world, to his own in Malibu. There he made ambitious Super 8s, with a roster of friends who went on to become household names themselves, including his brother Emilio, Sean and Chris Penn, and the Lowe brothers. Sheen broke into movies in the 1980s, playing a hoodlum in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a young soldier in Platoon, and an ethically compromised trader in Wall Street. But somewhere along the way, despite a successful transition to TV leading man in Spin City and Two and a Half Men, Sheen descended into a vortex of extracurricular activities. Now sober, Sheen delivers a clear-eyed narrative of his highs and lows with humor, candor, and a vivid, captivating writing style that is uniquely his. The Book of Sheen reads like a far-fetched, overstuffed novel of Hollywood life--yet it is all true.