“‘Now I know too much’ — A Fresh Read on ‘CHRIS & NANCY'”
May Day, From the Irish Connection at 2020 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, California, USA
May 1, 2020Introduction to the Third ‘Ultimate Historical Edition’ of ‘CHRIS & NANCY: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death’
May 4, 2020The full text of the review of CHRIS & NANCY: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death, Ultimate Historical Edition, by writer Alexandra Robertson, is at https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2020/05/29/now-i-know-too-much-a-fresh-read-on-chris-nancy/.
The new Ultimate Historical Edition of CHRIS & NANCY, including a new introduction, is so far available only in ebook form; the new print edition is upcoming. Here are links to purchases on the major online platforms:
Amazon Kindle: https://amzn.to/2U9E4Gc
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/ca/book/chris-nancy/id776174914
Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/chris-nancy
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Irvin_Muchnick_Chris_Nancy?id=3CBFFkYrhCMC
First published in 2009, this influential book bridges the worlds of sports, “sports entertainment,” and national politics, and helped put the sports concussion crisis on the map. CHRIS & NANCY is the true-crime account of the events of June 2007, when WWE star Chris Benoit murdered his wife and their 7-year-old son, before taking his own life. The Benoit story spurred the research of chronic traumatic encephalopathy pioneer Dr. Bennet Omalu, inspired Congressional investigations, and impacted the Senate campaigns of WWE co-founder Linda McMahon. Today, her husband Vince’s global pop culture franchise is more entrenched than ever — while their pal Donald Trump has staged a remarkable populist, demagogic, wrestling-style takeover of politics and public style.
“Irv Muchnick produces magnificent investigative journalism” — Frank Deford
“Should be called Zen and the Art of Scandal Maintenance. An instant cult classic.” — Larry Matysik, late wrestling promoter and historian
“If you can read what Irv has dug up and continue to turn your head, then your powers of denial exceed mine.” — from the Foreword by New York Post columnist Phil Mushnick
You can order an autographed copy of the 2009 “classic” edition, by remitting $19.95 via PayPal to [email protected] or by sending a money order in that amount to Benoit Book, P.O. Box 9629, Berkeley, CA 94709. (Orders from Canada should add $10.00 for postage and handling; orders from other foreign countries should add $20.00 for postage and handling.) Fulfillment of orders for the “classic” edition will include supplemental printouts of the new introductions for the 2013 second edition and for the 2020 Ultimate Historical Edition.