{"product_id":"9781529912623-title-336983","title":"Sonny Boy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the incredible and revelatory autobiography from one of the most iconic actors in the history of film.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2024*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eA 5 ft 7in Hollywood giant … Al Pacino’s readably eccentric memoir really preserves his Bronx-reared turn of phrase…\u003c\/b\u003eyou can imagine (every line) coming out of Pacino’s mouth’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e‘Startlingly cinematic … A fine memoir’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Surprising, introspective … His youth was grim, his money troubles serious, his fame unlikely. Al Pacino’s friends all died in poverty. How did he survive?’ \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The book is a beautiful trip … (from) one of the world’s greatest, most influential actors for more than 50 years. He’s audacious. He’s outrageous. He’s Al Pacino’ \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny and candid'  \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________________________________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe landed his first leading role, in \u003ci\u003eThe Panic in Needle Park\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies - \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather Part II\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSerpico\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDog Day Afternoon - \u003c\/i\u003ethat were not just successes, but landmarks in the history of film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn reality, Pacino was in his mid-thirties by then, and had already lived several lives.\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up in New York City’s South Bronx and raised by a loving but mentally unwell mother, Pacino worked odd jobs to support himself. But, in good times and bad, in poverty and in wealth and in poverty again, through pain and joy, acting was his lifeline, its community his tribe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring his iconic roles, essential collaborations, and important relationships, as well as the ever-present struggle between creativity and commerce, \u003ci\u003eSonny Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is the revelatory account of an incredible life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_________________________________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e'Soulful…Pacino explores his life with eccentric charm…Shot through with self-deprecating honesty to with the well-worn Pacino swagger…You can almost hear him saying all of this in recognizably Pacino-like tones…Pacino has done such a high volume of great work that reading ‘Sonny Boy; often feels like hanging out within a history of American movies over the last 50 years' \u003cb\u003eLA Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful…brilliant book' \u003cb\u003eDermot O'Leary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Conversational, breezily readable, reflective…Dives deep into Pacino’s career highlights and low points' \u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Miraculous’ \u003cb\u003eConan O’Brien\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Al Pacino:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘So unique and special’ \u003cb\u003eRobert De Niro\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Al Pacino is \u003cb\u003emagical\u003c\/b\u003e’ Martin Scorsese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A legend’ \u003cb\u003eFrancis Ford Coppola\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Charming, hilarious, a nonstop talker. There is an aspect of him that is like a lost orphan, like this kind of crazy idiot savant’ \u003cb\u003eDiane Keaton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A wicked sense of humour’ \u003cb\u003eOliver Stone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘As Michael in The Godfather, Pacino was everything I wanted that character to be on screen. I couldn’t believe it. It was, in my eyes, a perfect performance, a work of art’ \u003cb\u003eMario Puzo, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Comedic, talented, and certifiably insane’ \u003cb\u003eJohnny Depp\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Al is money, the man in charge, making it happen. 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