Forty-five years after Bruce Lee’s sudden death at age thirty-two, journalist and author Matthew Polly has written the definitive account of Lee’s life.    Bruce Lee: A Life follows a decade of research, including more than one hundred interviews with Lee’s family, friends, business associates, and even the actress in whose bed Lee died. Polly explores Lee’s early years as a child star in Hong Kong cinema; his actor father’s struggles with opium addiction and how that turned Bruce into a troublemaking teenager who was kicked out of high school and eventually sent to America to shape up; his beginnings as a martial arts teacher, eventually becoming personal instructor to movie stars like James Coburn and Steve McQueen; his eventual triumph as a leading man; his challenges juggling a sky-rocketing career with his duties as a father and husband; and his shocking end that to this day is still shrouded in mystery. This is an honest, revealing look at an impressive yet imperfect man whose personal story was even more entertaining and inspiring than any fictional role he played onscreen. “This book succeeds in capturing [Lee’s] energy and achievements, a volley of incident that rarely lets up… Stories whirl past with nunchaku-like speed…Polly’s narrative rarely loses its ripped-and-shredded shape…For anyone curious about Lee’s legacy, it’s a roundhouse kick of a biography.” - The Sunday Times “Bruce Lee: A Life breaks down the myths surrounding Bruce Lee and delivers a complex, humane portrait of the icon.” - Entertainment Report