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Jack: The Great Seducer: A Biography of Jack Nicholson – The Provocative Portrait of Hollywood's Legendary Sex Symbol and His Private Affairs
Jack Nicholson is one of the longest-lasting and most recognized sex symbols of our time. This sizzling biography goes deep in-depth, relating exclusive interviews with past flames and flings, to shed light on the unique charisma and magnetism of one of America's most respected and desired movie stars.
Among the startling
A longtime girlfriend who describes Jack's reaction when he at last discovered the long-buried, dark secret of his childhoodJack's notorious penny-pinching, such as the time he came home from a movie set with a doggie bag of catered Mexican foodThe woman Jack "shared" with Robert Evans and Warren BeattyThe night Christina Onassis, who'd had a fling with Jack in Los Angeles, got mad at him for seducing a girl in her party at XenonThe beauty queen who was still married to drug dealer Tom Sullivan when she was drawn to JackThe beautiful, talented costar who showed up at Jack's house at 1 A.M. and what happened when live-in girlfriend Anjelica Huston answered the intercomThe night Steve Rubell ran around Studio 54 saying, "We got to keep Ryan O'Neal and Jack Nicholson away from each other. There's going to be a big fight."Why Rebecca Broussard refused him when Jack asked for her hand in marriage in 1993, even after having two children with himWhy Katharine Hepburn's goddaughter still loves Jack and has spent years looking for a man who can measure up to himDiane Keaton's reaction to Jack passing gas during filming of a love scene for Something's Gotta GiveJennifer Howard, who found Jack's lovemaking "very oomph! He knows what he's doing. You can kind of just let go. Let him le-e-e-ad the way!"In Jack, Edward Douglas offers us a provocative, fascinating portrait of the man, the legend, the Jack Nicholson.
Among the startling
A longtime girlfriend who describes Jack's reaction when he at last discovered the long-buried, dark secret of his childhoodJack's notorious penny-pinching, such as the time he came home from a movie set with a doggie bag of catered Mexican foodThe woman Jack "shared" with Robert Evans and Warren BeattyThe night Christina Onassis, who'd had a fling with Jack in Los Angeles, got mad at him for seducing a girl in her party at XenonThe beauty queen who was still married to drug dealer Tom Sullivan when she was drawn to JackThe beautiful, talented costar who showed up at Jack's house at 1 A.M. and what happened when live-in girlfriend Anjelica Huston answered the intercomThe night Steve Rubell ran around Studio 54 saying, "We got to keep Ryan O'Neal and Jack Nicholson away from each other. There's going to be a big fight."Why Rebecca Broussard refused him when Jack asked for her hand in marriage in 1993, even after having two children with himWhy Katharine Hepburn's goddaughter still loves Jack and has spent years looking for a man who can measure up to himDiane Keaton's reaction to Jack passing gas during filming of a love scene for Something's Gotta GiveJennifer Howard, who found Jack's lovemaking "very oomph! He knows what he's doing. You can kind of just let go. Let him le-e-e-ad the way!"In Jack, Edward Douglas offers us a provocative, fascinating portrait of the man, the legend, the Jack Nicholson.
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416 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 3, 2006
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
August 11, 2014
Interesting, but......
Interesting, but......
An interesting but also a dull book, unless you like a running account of Jack's sex life that never seems to end. I am happy to have paid only .99 cents for it; for that is about all it was worth.
Interesting, but......
An interesting but also a dull book, unless you like a running account of Jack's sex life that never seems to end. I am happy to have paid only .99 cents for it; for that is about all it was worth.
December 28, 2024
At least it was a quick read. Certainly wasn’t a great read. If it wasn’t published in 2006, I would be thinking it was written by AI. Seems the author collected a number of articles, threw everything he could onto a timeline and then filled the story in around that. Often feeling disjointed. But Jack as subject matter held my interest. I did learn more about him and the Hollywood set of my youth. He’s a character ~ which we all know even before reading the details.
February 14, 2023
Wow! Great read! Been a fan of Jack all my life and had a chance meeting with him at where else? A Laker Game. I was speechless as we walked at halftime behind the court side seats, me to the concession stand and he most likely to the the Forum Club. I couldn't think of what to say and he made everything just perfect and asked me, "How are you enjoying the game?" to which I responded "very much Mr. Nicholson and I hope they get us a win." Having just finished reading this book, I have so many things I could think to talk to him about should another chance meeting occur. Thanks Mr. Douglas for cementing my belief that Jack Nicholson is the best of the best.
September 30, 2017
So-So
Reads just as it is....a collection of stories from other books. Not the best book I've ever read. Too bland. Just basic information from one page to the other...just start and stop. Bland
Reads just as it is....a collection of stories from other books. Not the best book I've ever read. Too bland. Just basic information from one page to the other...just start and stop. Bland
September 10, 2020
Just ok
The title is on point being Jack the Great Seducer. A lot of sexual escapades throughout the book but the two star was mostly due to all the detail about every other person in the book besides Jack.
The title is on point being Jack the Great Seducer. A lot of sexual escapades throughout the book but the two star was mostly due to all the detail about every other person in the book besides Jack.
February 25, 2019
Jack Nicholson
Learned a lot about Jack. Great read about a great actor and complex man. Made me want to go back and see his movies
Learned a lot about Jack. Great read about a great actor and complex man. Made me want to go back and see his movies
February 26, 2016
Not deep
Eh....junk. Boring and a biography that only Entertainment Tonight could love. I actually learned nothing, and weeks from now will not even remember that I had read it.
Eh....junk. Boring and a biography that only Entertainment Tonight could love. I actually learned nothing, and weeks from now will not even remember that I had read it.
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