Bruce lee biography books

Review

"The first noteworthy treatment of its subject—and a definitive one at that...Fascinating narrative threads proliferate." —The New York Times Book Review

"Bruce Lee: A Life by Matthew Polly is the first in-depth account of Lee's journey from a street-brawling teenager to a global icon…Lee's charisma, ambition and relentless appetite for combat leap off the pages.” —CNN

"Spirited celebration of the life of 'the Patron Saint of Kung Fu,' a stalwart of pop culture whose career is due for a revival....Students of martial arts, film history, and the 1970s alike will find much to enjoy in Polly's homage." —Kirkus Review

"This thorough, well-sourced biography from Polly is an engrossing examination of the life of a martial arts movie star and his shocking, early death....In what is certainly the definitive biography of Lee, Polly wonderfully profiles the man who constructed a new, masculine Asian archetype and ushered kung fu into pop culture." —Publisher's Weekly, starred revie