A review by grayola
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark Harris

4.0

George Stevens is the hero of this story. It's fitting, then, that he is the last to be eulogized by Harris at the book's end. Every filmmaker here walked away with scars, but none like Stevens. Portions of this book were approaching history textbook levels of monotony for me, but the greater bulk of this is impeccably researched and incredibly engaging; essential reading for film and history buffs alike.