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    Fast and Furious

    Jul 03, 2018 2 minutes
    BY R. EMMET SWEENEY

    Bruce Lee: A Life

    By Matthew Polly, Simon & Schuster, $35

    A TRANSCENDENT FIGURE IN THE HISTORY OF MARTIAL-ARTS and action movies, Bruce Lee was long overdue for a door-stopping biography. Matthew Polly has filled the void admirably with , a meticulously researched tome that follows Lee’s days

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