The Garner Files

It took me over a month to finish reading this book even though it's only a little more than 200 pages long. I don't know why I checked out this book; I didn't consider myself a huge fan, but I can say I'm glad I read it.

My problem with the book was that he left the best stuff for last. I thought he spent too much time explaining and describing what it's like to be a race car driver and a golfer. I thought that stuff could have been edited or put at the end of the book. I appreciated his honesty about being a liberal and I would have liked to have read more about what he did for Civil Rights. I know it's not in his (or men of his generation) to brag about stuff like that, but I think most of us who weren't around would like reading about what it was like from a person who was there.

The book reads like some grandpas tell stories–this is what I did and I did it because we did what was expected of us. He's someone who follows rules and wrote he's proud he never kissed any Hollywood ass.

I also appreciated his honesty with the films he made. He clearly states which ones he's proud of and which ones he's not. Now I want to watch “Maverick” and “Rockford Files.”