{"product_id":"9781800961227-greatest-beer-run-ever-tv-tie-in","title":"The Greatest Beer Run Ever","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE CRAZY TRUE STORY BEHIND THE MAJOR MOVIE STARRING ZAC EFRON AND RUSSELL CROW. The inspiration behind the movie starring Zac Efron, Russell Crowe and Bill Murray: an amazing true story of a young man who takes his buddies a few cans of beer - in the heat of the Vietnam war. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e******\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE MAJOR MOVIE STARRING ZAC EFRON, RUSSELL CROWE AND BILL MURRAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You will laugh and cry, but you will not be sorry that you read this rollicking story.' - Malachy McCourt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An unforgettable wild right from start to finish.' - John Bruning, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndestructible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Donohue's memoir is a fascinating, vividly narrated recollection of the chaos of the Vietnam war.' - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA CRAZY ADVENTURE IN A CRAZY WAR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing a rowdy night at his local New York bar, ex-Marine and merchant seaman \"Chick\" Donohue decides to complete a legendary mission. He will travel to Vietnam, track down his buddies in combat and bring them a cold beer from home. It'll be the greatest beer run ever!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, decades on from 1968, he recounts the remarkable true story of how he actually did it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArmed with Irish luck and a backpack full of alcohol, Chick works his passage to Vietnam, lands in Qui Nhon and begins to track down his serving friends one by one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut things quickly go awry, and as he talks his way through checkpoints and unwittingly into dangerous situations, Chick sees a lot more of the war than he ever anticipated - spending a terrifying time in the Demilitarized Zone and getting caught up in Saigon during the Tet Offensive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith indomitable spirit, Chick survives on his wits, but what he finds in Vietnam comes as a shock. By the end of his epic adventure, battered and exhausted, Chick finds himself questioning why his friends were ever led into the war in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40404824064097,"sku":"9781800961227","price":8.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_8395343_jpg.jpg?v=1706939910","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781800961227-greatest-beer-run-ever-tv-tie-in","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}