Publisher's Synopsis
"Wild Boy is a collection of true tales from the greatest revolutionary the fitness industry has ever known: Mr. John Du Cane. Some of the stories contained within may shock you, others will warm your heart. Some will make you blush, while a great many will make you laugh out loud. One thing is for sure: once you pick up Wild Boy, you won't be able to put it down! As you would expect from a man who has published scores of books and hundreds of articles, Du Cane's mastery of language and imagery is unparalleled. The style lures you in and doesn't let go. Wild Boy is fantastic story telling at its best, part prose, part poetry. It reminds me of the early work of Charles Bukowski or Henry Miller in its vividness, beauty and boldness. In any event, Wild Boy is the documentation of a life well lived, including multiple eras and settings, as well as some of the most interesting characters you've ever encountered on the printed page. I loved it!" -DANNY KAVADLO, author of Strength Rules From the Kalahari desert, to the jungles of Sierra Leone, to Swinging Sixties London to France, to India and beyond, Dragon Door publisher John Du Cane has led a Forrest Gump-like life of encounters with the great, the bizarre, the dangerous and the downright depraved. With a laconic, visceral, image-laden style reminiscent of Bob Dylan's cryptic lyrics, Du Cane delivers a set of compelling tales that exude a raw passion, a wry sense of humor and some penetrating spiritual insights. Like a Picasso portrait from his Cubist period, these are bits and pieces that put together make up a face. In this case, the multi-faceted face of a complex visionary and innovator who changed the landscape of modern fitness. What did Mick Jagger's wife, Bianca, give John for the first time in his life? How and where did he meet Sharon Tate, shortly before she was murdered by the Charlie Manson gang? Why was John arrested and detained in the #1 prison for the criminally insane? What decided John to eat his father? What happened when Patti Smith's friend Robert Mapplethorpe invited john to come see his artwork? What Tantric Sex Goddess spiked his tea with LSD? How did he survive being raped by a beatnik? What did Andy Warhol superstar Jackie Curtiss do to John in Max's Kansas City? What did John's daughter do with Lou Reed? How it can really hurt to be double rear-ended. How John drove from Paris to Italy and back with no money for gas. Why John hates and fears all dogs. Who blew his brains out in John's house and why? Why did the Chinese Government detain John in isolation for one week? What did the Egyptian guide try to do to John on top of the Great Pyramid? What did John do when he discovered his car was on fire? What black magician filmmaker did he befriend for a while-with reservations cast aside? What weird assassin's weapon did John get from a tribal chief? Did John's dad really help sink the Bismarck? And did crocodiles really eat those little babies? How John nearly died from windsurfing in a Speedo. Why a riot broke out when John showed one of his films in France and why. And much, much more... Table of Contents include: I'm Gonna Burn Your Bush Your Car's on Fire From Toys to Tar Burning Down the Hut Pierce My Nipple Before Her Murder Want Some Cocaine? Master Lou Cobra Blood and a Shot of Scotch The Latter Day Lunch Anger Rising Acid in My Tea The Angry Dwarf from Horror Hospital Meeting Adonis at The Crossroads Do You Have a Sister-And Is Your Dad a Butcher? Sexcapades How to Survive Being Raped by a Beatnik Jackie Be Good You Want Beautiful Lady Come? Not With the Driver, Honey Is This a Date? When My Dad Torpedoed the Bismarck Death by Crocodile Hit-and-Run at The Caribou Drive-Thru It Hurts to Be Double Rear-Ended The Turkish Army Truck Here, Smoke This Oil Suck My Gasoline Shit, But Beautifully Cooked The Exploding Eyeball
