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Book Review: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man is an unvarnished glimpse at the private life of a Hollywood icon
The recent memoir from Paul Newman really ought to have been titled ‘self-critical man’, with the late actor casting a critical and analytical eye over his career and life.
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man is the result of a project started decades ago by Newman and his friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern.
The pair got together and openly chatted about Newman’s life and career.
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Recordings were taken, notes were made, and everything was filed away. After his Newman’s death the recordings were thought lost or destroyed. That was until they turned up in a basement storage locker.
Newman and Stern began their interviews in 1986 when Newman was in his sixties with the project lasting five years until 1991.
The result is a free flowing and honest account of Newman’s life. It’s not your standard celebrity memoir filled with private jets, Hollywood go