Foxcatcher
Author: Schultz, Mark
ISBN: 9780241971994
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 19 Nov 2014
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
The book behind the hottest film of 2014 starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo, and from the director of Moneyball and Capote
On 22nd January 1996 Dave Schultz, Olympic gold medallist and wrestling's golden boy, was shot in the back by John E. du Pont at the famed Foxcatcher estate in Pennsylvania. That started a two day siege at the ranch before the du Pont family heir was finally captured.
Foxcatcher is Mark Schultz's vivid portrait of the complex relationship he and his brother had with du Pont, a man whose catastrophic break from reality lead to tragedy. No one knows the inside story of what went on behind the scenes at Foxcatcher Farms - and inside John du Pont's head - better than Mark Schultz, also an Olympic gold medalist and a part of the Foxcatcher team.
ISBN: 9780241971994
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 19 Nov 2014
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
The book behind the hottest film of 2014 starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo, and from the director of Moneyball and Capote
On 22nd January 1996 Dave Schultz, Olympic gold medallist and wrestling's golden boy, was shot in the back by John E. du Pont at the famed Foxcatcher estate in Pennsylvania. That started a two day siege at the ranch before the du Pont family heir was finally captured.
Foxcatcher is Mark Schultz's vivid portrait of the complex relationship he and his brother had with du Pont, a man whose catastrophic break from reality lead to tragedy. No one knows the inside story of what went on behind the scenes at Foxcatcher Farms - and inside John du Pont's head - better than Mark Schultz, also an Olympic gold medalist and a part of the Foxcatcher team.
