Romain Gary [1914-1980]
"They thought I suffered from lack of exterior, when I suffered from excess of interior"
Frankly, one has to admire a fellow who once challenged Clint Eastwood to a duel and made the Hollywood tough guy back down.
I relished writing that sentence as much as I do in telling the tale of Romain Gary, for it is more a tale than a biography, as he was was also known as Roman Kacew, Fosco Sinibaldi, Shatan Bogat and probably a host of other pen …