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A boy lost in the shadow of his father’s legacy. A gifted artist dismissed as just a ‘TV actor’. A first-time film producer who stunned the world by winning an Oscar at 31. A maverick who changed Hollywood and became a global movie star.

Hollywood icon Michael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life for the first time.

“I spent a significant portion of my career playing some version of the modern, flawed, American male. You’ll see from these pages that it wasn’t exactly a stretch for me.”

Beginning with his fractured childhood and a complex relationship with his superstar father, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas finally gives the full and uncensored account of a remarkable life.