Film critic and bestselling biographer Shawn Levy has produced a thorough, insightful biography of film legend Robert De Niro 鈥� a book that is already being called a definitive work. Levy tackles the contradictions of De Niro 鈥� a man so confident on screen yet often ill at ease in unscripted appearances 鈥� and recalls his unusual childhood growing up in New York City as the child of artists. Levy also offers an in-depth analysis of De Niro鈥檚 career as an actor, as well as his work as a restaurateur and businessman and his personal life as a husband and father. You can see the Monitor's full review of "DeNiro" here.
