First published 2001
From the mind of the writer behind The Princess Bride, "Which lie did I tell?" is a captivating memoir that peels back the curtain on William Goldman's remarkable life. As he recounts his journey from struggling screenwriter to Academy Award winner, Goldman blends humor, vulnerability, and shocking revelations, challenging readers to question the line between fact and fiction. With each page, a new layer of his complex persona is unveiled, leaving us to wonder: which parts of his legendary tales were true, and which were simply the work of a master storyteller?
Genres: literary-fiction, 20th-century, autobiography, memoir, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: California, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Los Angeles, United States
512 pages · Paperback · Vintage