{"product_id":"9781605987576","title":"Sean Connery","description":"\u003cp\u003eA biography of a star and an investigation of what can happen to a man when the images he creates take over his life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSean Connery’s creation of secret agent James Bond invigorated Britain and its cinema, allowing a cash-strapped, morale-sapped country in decline to fancy itself still a player on the world stage. How can such worship not play havoc with one’s soul—especially a soul as painfully unprepared for the pressures of stardom as Connery’s?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpirited and argumentative, Christopher Bray’s \u003cem\u003eSean Connery\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of an actor learning his craft on the job and, at the end of his career, of a man pressing his stardom into the service of a burgeoning political awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134114840816,"sku":"9781605987576","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605987576_p0.jpg?v=1763830362","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605987576","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}