Micky Rourke

In the 1980s and early 1990s, Mickey Rourke was one of Hollywood s most exciting stars, at once a sex symbol and critically acclaimed actor. But Rourke s hard drinking, self-loathing, and much-publicized marital brawls soon had him reduced to straight-to-video potboilers and a brief career as a boxer. Based on extensive interviews with Rourke, Francis Ford Coppola, and many others, this detailed biography examines the actor s chaotic, often brutal life, from his childhood in Miami s tough Liberty City, to his superstardom and downward spiral, to his recent triumphant return to the big screen."