You may not emerge loving the man Paul Newman called “The Eccentric’s Eccentric,” but you would be hard-pressed to forget the scope of his life. From his astonishing Hollywood provenance, extensive womanizing, prodigious drinking, love of Ireland, and obsession with hunting for sport, Huston was a formidable man and an unapologetically flawed soul. Revel in the vintage detail.ĭirector, screenwriter, actor, hunter, and bon vivant John Huston’s autobiography is not quite the open book of the title, but it is one of the most elegantly written celebrity memoirs ever. Since they’re all from the 1980s, we’re guessing a used copy is now available on Amazon. Sure they’re breezy guilty pleasures or tan-inducing page-turners, but we endorse this form of reading! So for those among us who plan to spend part of the dwindling summer days on a beach, absorbing ourselves in more edifying or otherwise involving literature, here is a short list of reliable paperbacks to enhance your sand time. Spangled with ruffled pages, oily with sunscreen, and meant to be stuffed into a string bag, “beach reads” may be viewed as toss-away books, but that’s not always the case.
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