"This book is funny. Really funny. It's an unsentimental look at

imperfect people. We may not want to BE them, but they sure are wild

tour-guides for this crazed ride through our deeply flawed culture."

Writer/Director Billy Ray, Captain Phillips, The Comey Rule, Shattered Glass.

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"A period of recent American history, often ignored by most scribes,

gets a wild and brilliant revision in Bootleg Heroes via the insightful

and retro imagination of author Peter Cook. As a kindred spirit, I

highly endorse this rollicking tale of 1980 Americana."

Dwayne Epstein, NY Times bestselling author of

Lee Marvin: Point Blank and Killing Generals: The Making of The Dirty Dozen,

The Most Iconic WWII Movie of All Time.

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"Peter Cook's rollicking tilt-a-whirl ride of a novel catalogues an

era when American Empire bestrode the world like a hard-partying

colossus. Combining the blunt-force satirical wit of Norman Mailer's

Naked and the Dead with the nostalgia of Robert Towne's The Last

Detail, Bootleg Heroes is a postcard from hell pasted with a postage

stamp of the American flag."

Producer/ Screenwriter William Wheeler, Ray Donovan, The Prime Gig,

The Hoax, The Queen of Katwe.

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"If you like your aguardiente con Devil's Breath, check this out - Bootleg

Heroes is an American GI jungle saga that makes Fast and Furious look

dull and torpid, set in Ecuador circa 1980, where romance is elusive

and man's inhumanity and harsh realities rule. Filled to the brim

with Hollywood love and lore, this book is a real pow to the kisser."

Patrick McGilligan, author of Funny Man: Mel Brooks,

Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light.

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"Bootleg Heroes captures the authentic, tribal behaviors of a handful

of U.S. Marines stationed in South America circa 1980. It's a fast-paced,

well-executed novel written by an insider. Bootleg Heroes made

me laugh - and wince!"

Dr. Peter Kuznick, Director, Nuclear Studies Institute at American

University, NY Times Bestselling Co-author (w/ Oliver Stone)

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"Reading as a former Army M.P., Bootleg Heroes exceeded all expectations.

Cook presents a hilariously funny, true to life examination of a military

culture that reverberates with absolute authenticity. As I read the

hierarchy that I'd lived, I found myself racing home to grab the book,

return to '80's and laugh away the woes of my day."

Dr. Alan-Michael Graves, Director of Teaching and Capacity Building,

The Good Plus Foundation.