About the Author

Shawn Levy is a former film critic for The Oregonian and the best-selling author of Rat Pack Confidential and Paul Newman: A Life. He reviews movies for KGW-TV and lives in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews

""In a brisk, frothy narrative....Levy has a passion for mid-century Italian cinema and is at his best when writing about its giants.""
*The Wall Street Journal*

"Uproariously readable....[Levy] tells some terrific, if dreadful, stories about the convergence of noblemen and actresses....He is a master of the group biography, pacing his chapters for maximum suspense and revelation....The climactic story is a humdinger....Wickedly readable."
*The Sunday Times*

"Levy's absorbing, well-researched book exalts the intoxicating, beguiling dreaminess of Rome in its celluloid heyday."
*Times Literary Supplement*

"Levy recounts with enthusiasm and colour....the excitement of that time and place in a prose style that is teeming with satisfying gossipy details."
*The Guardian*

"Dolce Vita Confidential is so much fun that after a few pages you’ll want to set it aside, tie on a chic little scarf, jump on a Vespa, and cry 'ciao' as you buzz past corner cafes and flower stands."
*Portland Tribune*

""Over 400 spirited and frothy pages, [Levy] carries us on a speedy Vespa ride....the book delights.""
*Portland Mercury*

"This is an exciting account of a revolution in art and society."
*The Spectator*

""Levy’s research is deep and his details are revealing....[he] chronicles Fellini and Mastroianni’s collaboration with insight and affection.""
*Newsday*

"Shawn Levy has composed an exuberant portrait of postwar Rome and the filmmakers, movie stars, fashion designers, journalists, and paparazzi whose supreme hunger, energy, and creativity transformed it into the most stylish city in the world. He brings an infectious and freewheeling enthusiasm to every page as he reintroduces us to the extravagant romanticism of fast cars, reckless hedonism, and beautiful people behind the resurrection of the Eternal City."
*Glenn Frankel, author of The Seachers: The Making of an American Legend*

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