Wanna Cook?

The Complete, Unofficial Companion to Breaking Bad

by Ensley F. Guffey, K. Dale Koontz

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Pub Date May 13 2014 | Archive Date Apr 30 2014

Description

“I am not in danger . . . I am the danger.” With those words, Breaking Bad’s Walter White solidified himself as TV’s greatest antihero. Wanna Cook? explores the most critically lauded series on television with analyses of the individual episodes and ongoing storylines. From details like stark settings, intricate camerawork, and jarring music to the larger themes, including the roles of violence, place, self-change, legal ethics, and fan reactions, this companion book is perfect for those diehards who have watched the Emmy Award–winning series multiple times as well as for new viewers. Wanna Cook? elucidates without spoiling, and illuminates without nit-picking. A must-have for any fan’s collection.

Advance Praise

"To call Ensley Guffey and Dale Koontz'a Bad-to-the-bone guide Wanna Cook? a page turner is certainly true but somehow media inappropriate. For obsessed fans (and is there any other kind?) of this all-the-time-great, every carefully crafted word will bring back to cerebral life the characters, dialogue, hats, "bitches," mise-en-scene, locations, violence of the rise and fall of Walter White. As such, I propose that this book, another terrific contribution by ECW Press to television studies, should be deemed 'binge reading.' As pure as a batch of Heisenberg's Blue Sky, Guffey and Koontz's critical chemistry has given us the most addictive companion to this TV masterwork we will ever get." -David Lavery, author of Joss Whedon, A Creative Portrait: From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Marvel's The Avengers

Available Editions

EDITION	Paperback
ISBN	9781770411173
PRICE	CA$13.99 (CAD)

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Featured Reviews

Shawna B, Educator

ARC provided by NetGalley:
If you're a rabid Breaking Bad fan, as I am, you will enjoy this book. Described as a companion guide, it walks you through the series with a recap of episodes as well as in-depth analysis of minutiae such as music choice, character development, and symbolism of every possible kind. The book also provides factual information attesting to the plausibility, or lack of, in some of the story lines. Historical background is also provided for details such as the Mexican drug cartel and the evolution of meth. An excellent gift as well!