PositiveWashington Independent Review of BooksMatthew Polly’s Bruce Lee: A Life represents the first deep dive into the childhood, career, and legacy of the actor, and it’s difficult to imagine a future biographer putting together a more definitive or entertaining take on the subject. When he wasn’t acting, young Bruce Lee was a troublemaker and prankster. Stories like one in which he and a friend sought revenge on a theater owner — the climax of which involved an explosion and a bucket of feces — are alternately amusing and horrifying … That Lee accomplished so much in such a brief life and…reading Matthew Polly’s Bruce Lee, one finds a life far richer and more fascinating than his movies could convey.
Matthew Polly
RaveWashington Independent Review of BooksMatthew Polly’s Bruce Lee: A Life represents the first deep dive into the childhood, career, and legacy of the actor, and it’s difficult to imagine a future biographer putting together a more definitive or entertaining take on the subject. When he wasn’t acting, young Bruce Lee was a troublemaker and prankster. Stories like one in which he and a friend sought revenge on a theater owner — the climax of which involved an explosion and a bucket of feces — are alternately amusing and horrifying … Lee accomplished so much in such a brief life and…reading Matthew Polly’s Bruce Lee, one finds a life far richer and more fascinating than his movies could convey.
