"Friedkin's book does the unthinkable: It relates the behind-the-scenes stories of his triumphs like The French Connection and The Exorcist, but also sees Friedkin take responsibility (brutally so) for his wrong calls. . . . In doing so, he captures the gut-wrenching shifts of a filmmaker's life--the bizarre whipsaw from success to disaster." --Variety An acclaimed memoir from William Friedkin, a maverick of American...