Bestselling author A. E. Hotchner's intimate account of his
52-year friendship with his pal Paul Newman. A. E. Hotchner
first met Paul Newman in 1956 when the then relatively
unknown actor assumed the lead role in Hotchner's first
television play, based on an Ernest Hemingway story. The
project elevated both men from relative obscurity to
recognition, and began a close and trusting friendship that
lasted until Newman's death in 2008. InA Friendship,
Hotchner presents a complicated, unpredictable, fun-loving,
talented man, and takes the reader along on their
adventures. The pair traveled extensively, skippered a
succession of bizarre boats, confounded the business world,
scored triumphs on the stage, and sustained their friendship
through good times and bad. Most notably, they started
Newman's Own as a prank and watched it morph into a major
enterprise that has given its $260 million in profit to
charities including the Hole in the Wall Camps worldwide,
dedicated to helping thousands of children with
life-threatening illnesses. A Friendshipis the story of an
unusual bond and a tribute to the acclaimed actor who gave
to the world as much as the world gave him.
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