Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling

Grand Central Publishing, 2008, Hardcover

Product Description

Written without collaborators and based on decades of tape recordings he made throughout his career, HITMAN is Bret Hart's brutally honest, perceptive and startling account of his life in and out of the ring that proves once and for all that great things come in pink tights.

Product Details

Title: Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling
Sales Rank: 751 in Books
Author: Bret Hart
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2008-10-08, Hardcover, 592 pages, ISBN: 0446539724
Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 2 inches, 1.9 pounds

Customer Reviews

Superior Effort...It gets NO better than this...: I've read many, many wrestling books over the years, but not any of them, including Mick Foley, can compare to the heartfelt drama, drawbacks, and success of professional wrestling through the eyes of one of it's finest talents to ever don the tights.
Bret's book is like none I've ever read. It is 100% honest. The difficulties of the… More reviews

A decent read once it gets going, and a very personal one.: Being a bit unimpressed by the first 150 pages, I was hoping that the book would take off when the story neared the WWF years, and thankfully it did. Now, I realize a lot of people are intrigued by detailed descriptions of a wrestlers travels and such, but I really didn't think it was necessary for Bret to detail his Stampede wrestling days… More reviews

Amazing: A brutally honest, amazing, tell-all tale of "the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be". Highly recommended for any and ALL wresting fans- past and present.
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"Hitman" a book you can't put down: I rate "Hitman" up there with the best pro wrestling autobiographies on the market, including Mick Foley's No. 1 best-seller "ManKind: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks," Chris Jericho's "A Lion's Tale" and "Pure Dynamite" by Tom "Dynamite Kid" Billington.
The Hitman offers an up-close and personal look into one dysfunctional family -- a family that includes snotty brat sister… More reviews

Amazing.: The only wrestling book you'll ever need, this one says it all written by the greatest of all time the Hitman Bret Hart. The Hitman holds nothing back and tells it like it is and was when he worked his way up in wrestling to become the greatest champion of all time that any wrestling to this day can still be proud of.… More reviews