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Paul and Me is an intimate account by bestselling author A.E. Hotchner of his remarkable, enduring friendship with Hollywood legend Paul Newman. Hotchner first met Newman in 1955 when the then-unknown actor took a role originally written for James Dean in Hotchner's first television play, based on an Ernest Hemingway story. The project elevated both men to stardom and began a close frriendship and working relationship that lasted until Newman's death in 2008.
In Paul and Me, Hotchner shares his adventures with Newman from travels across the globe and joint ownership of fishing boats to coping with the loss of Newman's son Scott and starting their company, Newman's Own, which has given all its $300 million profit to charities.
Paul and Me is the story of an unusual friendship and a tribute to an iconic actor and humanitarian. In this event, Mr. Hotchner will converse with longtime New Yorker writer and consummate interviewer Mark Singer.
A.E. Hotchner is the author of the international bestsellers
Papa Hemingway, Doris Day: Her Own Story, Sophia, and his own memoir,
King of the Hill, as well as
Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good, co-authored with Paul Newman. He has adapted many of Hemingway's works for the screen.
Mark Singer's books include
Funny Money,
Mr. Personality,
Citizen K,
Somewhere in America, and
Character Studies. He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1974.
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