THE ABSURDLY TRUE STORY OF A HOLLYWOOD DREAMER WHO OVERCAME A BUSTED SPINE TO LIVE WITH BREAKNECK JOY Strange As It Seems - The Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler written by Chip Jacobs REVIEW: Mr Jacobs brings together the (impossible) life of Mr Gordon Zahler. A life full of hope which teaches us that we should always look forward and that the best is yet to come. Never a book has taken you from laughing to crying within the same page. The book unites two talents the one of M