{ "item_title" : "Fictional Selves", "item_author" : [" Kyle MacLachlan "], "item_description" : "Click here for the Autographed copyFrom sand dunes to Twin Peaks: Kyle MacLachlan has graced our screens for decades, in many different forms: a calm but determined detective on Twin Peaks, a clueless husband on Sex and the City, a quirky mayor on Portlandia and most recently, a social media star. Now, he tells his own story in his first-ever memoir.In this highly anticipated memoir, the beloved actor and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Sex and the City, Fallout, and more shares his utterly original account of his offbeat journey in Hollywood, his battles with fear and fame, and the projects that shaped him—and created a cult icon.Everywhere I go I am followed by a mystery man. He looks like me but—not quite. On talk shows, I sip coffee on couches and pretend to be him; on social media, I put on his mask to engage in suburban silliness. And of course, we work together. But for him, the movies and TV shows never end. Where does this guy—this Kyle MacLachlan—end and where do I begin? And is he even real? And, holy mackerel . . . am I?To be in the black suit, or not to be? Kyle MacLachlan's funny, moving, and playfully self-aware memoir charts a career that could belong to no other. Plucked from obscurity to star in David Lynch's Dune, the Hollywood blockbuster that never was, MacLachlan rebounded with a startling performance in Lynch's provocative masterpiece Blue Velvet, which would mark him as a master of the unusual and ultimately lead to his career-defining role as Agent Dale Cooper on the TV sensation Twin Peaks.Fictional Selves is a book of doppelgangers, with MacLachlan mirrored by his own prodding ego (Other Kyle), the iconic characters he inhabited, and the ones that eluded his grasp but gave him a profound and surprising lens onto himself as a person and a performer. Taking us from the heights of critical success for Blue Velvet to the depths of the backyard pool in his infamous (and delightful) Showgirls love scene, MacLachlan brings us into the mind of one of the most distinctive actors of his generation, offering profound insights on collaborators like David Lynch, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Anthony Hopkins, and more. Featuring lessons learned the hard way about ambition, love, and fatherhood, this memoir is an honest look into the remarkable—and often unpredictable—life of an enduring and endearing Hollywood icon.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/821/708/9798217086320_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "34.00", "online_price" : "30.26", "our_price" : "30.26", "club_price" : "30.26", "savings_pct" : "11", "savings_amt" : "3.74", "club_savings_pct" : "11", "club_savings_amt" : "3.74", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "34.00" } }

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The lush surrealism of ’90s cult TV show Twin Peaks was accentuated by the down-home folksiness of Special Agent Dale Cooper, lover of black coffee and cherry pie. Played by actor Kyle MacLachlan, the character reflected director David Lynch’s own blend of the weird and the mundane. Lynch’s obsession with doppelgangers also informs actor MacLachlan’s relationship with Dale Cooper. “He’s not you, but people mistake him for you,” MacLachlan writes in his standout memoir, Fictional Selves, in which he explores the uncanniness of living with a second self who is perpetually available to fans via streaming television. MacLachlan’s thoughts on being a working actor and living with two selves, “the expectation or image people have of you and then the actual you,” is a fascinating take on celebrity and fandom. Any reader with a decades-spanning crush will find his writing as down-to-earth, funny and philosophical as they could wish. As he recaps his career, fans will enjoy considering which of MacLachlan's alter egos was most captivating: Paul Atreides from Lynch’s Dune flop? Blue Velvet’s naif Jeffrey Beaumont? Surely not Trey MacDougal from Sex and the City. MacLachlan writes with beauty and sensitivity of his working relationship with auteur Lynch and his co-stars, including Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini and Dennis Hopper. He explains the challenges of transitioning from being a professional stage actor to acting on film and TV and offers a compelling peek into his theater-kid background. MacLachlan is particularly hilarious regarding the roles he stupidly declined (Platoon and Sex, Lies, and Videotape) and the ones he didn’t get (The Matrix). And yes, he does talk about Showgirls, but only because everyone asks him about it. “Cooper is both a gift and a curse,” MacLachlan declares toward the end of this delightful, insightful book. His role as the special agent may be what he’s remembered for in the long run, but this thoughtful meditation on actors and directors suggests that the man behind the badge is every bit as fascinating as the characters he played.