Reading Marshall Terrill's biography was such a thrill. The whole book flows so smoothly, the chapters aren't long and it is meticulously researched. The book covers Steve's troubled childhood, to how he caught the acting bug and went onto television and eventually cinema. What I like about the book is how it covers Steve McQueen's love for car racing and how he treated the people around him-good and bad-and how reconciliation worked in his later life. His later life is a story of redemption. Steve McQueen became a born again christian thanks to a couple of encounters in his life that influenced him.
The book proves to the reader what made Steve McQueen such a icon-and not just during his time but even today how he has effected fashion and how he paved the way for the male actors now as far as one's characteristics on screen.
There are some eye opening sequences in the book that will make you see McQueen in a different light but that's okay because it only makes him more down to earth and that he's only human. There are some funny parts, touching parts and aggravating parts because of his immature behavior. But I must say his life overall is inspiring because when you know where he came from and what he went through to become a millionaire and a international superstar with a capital 'S', then you come to appreciate and understanding him a lot more; especially for the many incredible things he did for people.
It's a long book but it goes quick, matter of fact it was bittersweet to arrive at the end. One of the best biographies I've ever read.
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