From Under the Truck
A Memoir
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Josh Brolin
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Josh Brolin
About this listen
'a candid, rollicking read…roars with honesty, chaos, self-awareness, literary ambition and drunken benders.'
The Times
From Josh Brolin, a unique and decidedly un-celebrity memoir, by turns affecting, funny, uncanny, and unforgettable. A remarkable and an unforgettable listen.
Weaving a latticework of different strands, moving back and forth through time, Josh Brolin captures a life marked by curiosity, pain, devotion, kindness, humor. He recounts an unconventional childhood far from Hollywood. Raised on a ranch in Paso Robles, California, he was surrounded as a child by the wolves, cougars and other wild animals gathered by his fearless and explosive mother, Jane Agee Brolin. Her tragic, early death haunts this book, and the force of her unforgettable personality is felt throughout.
Brolin also brings to life his career in the film industry —from his breakout role in The Goonies to the set of No Country for Old Men—and the professional and personal ups and downs in between and since. With unflinching honesty but also great humor, he shares insights into relationships, addiction, love and fatherhood, while letting the white space in between words speak for itself. Grappling with the mysteries of life and death in a way that will catch listeners by surprise, From Under the Truck is an audacious and riveting memoir from a born writer.
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Critic reviews
“Josh Brolin’s out to catch his breath between the slant-eyed suggestions and irrefutable evidence of his past. He hears voices, and he listens, reminding us with brutal honesty that our surroundings were never there to be carried, rather woven into the fabric of the freedom to be who we are.”
— Matthew McConaughey
‘Wildest memoir I’ve ever read – fantastically punk' – Chris Evans
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- KP
- 13-12-24
Thoughtful
i found it to be insightful and honest. The nonlinear narrative made it more interesting.
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- Sashaisurs
- 15-12-24
Tortured soul
I felt a tortured soul telling his story more like his feelings erupting onto the page and is still lost . Still looking for what he can never find it made me sad
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- Napalmtheelf
- 25-11-24
Worthwhile
I’ve got a year on Josh, with an ocean in-between, but I guess, we may have both grown up with the ever present blessing (or curse) of having the likes of Hunter, Jim or Jack, whispering at us, when we allow ourselves to stagger towards recollection.
From under the Truck, isn’t linear, but memory never is.
The courage I guess, when laying it down, is to not fully confine it to a patronising or predictable chronology.
If you a want a “I was born-I lived-I’m not dead yet!” bio, maybe look elsewhere.
Me?
I really enjoyed this.
Cheers Josh.
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- Johnny
- 14-12-24
Truly a great American writer
Brolin writes in the tradition of great American literary figures, which makes for more than an autobiographical piece, it is literature and life in equal parts. A stunning piece or work
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- M. Burton
- 25-11-24
worst memoir I've ever experienced
brolin gives an animated reading but its stream of consciousness lacking cohesion or direction. avoid
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- Phillip Cochrane
- 05-12-24
Not very good
This book starts great but keeps jumping back and forward in time every few minutes which is really annoying, if Josh had of told each story in full would’ve been far better, I tried to return it but audible won’t let me.
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