![]() ![]() ![]() Flynn himself was fond of claiming that he'd been born into the wrong century, so McAleer is taking him at his word and recounting his saga in the same way as did English balladeers the tale of Robin Hood-Flynn's most memorable screen incarnation. ![]() Flynn's ghostwriter for his memoir My Wicked, Wicked Ways called him "one of the most poetic men I have ever met," and McAleer holds the view that biographies and other accounts of Flynn have failed to capture his verve and essential spirit, which had greater affinity to an age of high-flown lyricism than to our own prosaic times. Kevin McAleer is not the first author to wend his way through the maze of myth and falsehood that comprises Flynn's legend, but no one has yet attempted an epic narrative of his life in verse. Why did it happen? What were the forces at work in this complex individual whose own father regarded him as an "enigma"? But somewhere on the road to movie immortality he embarked on a destructive lifestyle that wrecked his career and ultimately killed him. That which other men merely fantasized about, Flynn did with style and dash, living in a way which surpassed any film he ever made. He was the classic image of a swashbuckling hero and romantic lover. ![]() The basic drama with Errol Flynn was that he had everything-looks, charm, talent, intelligence, and a huge following of devoted fans and willing women. ![]()
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