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The raw, candid and long-awaited autobiography from one of the greatest icons of the 20th Century
The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon.
In 2008, Paul Newman tasked his best friend with interviewing the people who had shaped his life, in order to create an oral history of it. After hearing and reading what they had to say, Newman dictated his own version. Now, this long-lost memoir will be published. Full of wonderful stories and recollections by his family, friends, and such luminaries as Elia Kazan, Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill and Martin Ritt, this book will surprise and shock readers as it reveals Newman's previously unknown sides.
In this extraordinary memoir, Newman details his fascinating story: from troubled beginnings, marked by fraught relationships with both his mother and father, to the iconic film roles (both good and bad) that cemented his status as a Hollywood icon and heartthrob, and the complicated relationships that were formed along the way.
Author: Paul Newman
Paperback Published 24 October 2023 320 pages
Originally published in hardback 18 October 2022
Newman at his best...Twice the book one could have dared to hope for, a narrative that is astute, introspective and surprisingly graceful. - WALL STREET JOURNAL
Astonishing...only burnishes his reputation. Not because he bangs on about his glorious deeds - in fact he barely mentions them at all - but because this once very private man reveals so much of his fascinating, never disappointing self. - HADLEY FREEMAN, GUARDIAN