July, 2025 from Mariner
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Bookshop
Indiebound
Mariner
“This is the biography of Clint Eastwood — the man, the actor, the film director, the movies — we’ve been waiting for, bringing us closer to the man himself, and what makes him tick, than ever before….Steers a thoughtful, balanced course — ‘cool’ is the word that comes to mind — through the life and times of a famously private, hard-working, no-nonsense, self-reliant person who, as Charles Dickens wrote of one of his characters, has “affection beaming in one eye and. calculation shining out of the other.” Levy has just the right credentials to tell the story of The Man With No Name who, against the odds, was to become a globally recognized, and surprisingly innovative, brand. It may sound cheesy, but….Clint made my day.” — Sir Christopher Frayling, author of Spaghetti Westerns and Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death
“An unbiased and exhaustive study of Clint Eastwood’s life and career, following five decades of filmmaking with detailed precision and candid critical analysis….a fascinating, well-researched portrait of a complicated visionary talent.” — Library Journal, starred review
“Levy (King of Comedy) argues in this sharp biography that Clint Eastwood is an inkblot in whom we see a variety of opposing ideas at once’….Levy has a knack for memorable phrasing….a solid account of the good, the bad, and the ugly in the life of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.” — Publisher’s Weekly
