“Whom God Wishes to Destroy is a marvelously entertaining yarn on the perks and pitfalls of a Hollywood player, as well as the cautionary tale of a creative ‘genius’ who begins to believe hsi own publicity. . . . Lewis’s clear and enjoyable prose makes the book a must read for all those interested in the complex exchange between industry and artistry in contemporary Hollywood.” — Justin Wyatt, Detour Magazine
“Lewis has produces a fascinating, informative, and often sobering cautionary tale about the privilege of ownership, power and independence, and ‘the inevitable isolation of the individual artist.’” — Graham McCann, Times Literary Supplement
“With wry wit and rigorous attention to detail, Lewis analyzes how Coppola’s dream operated, how and why it never became reality, and how a celebrated director created a body of work as notable for its agonized genesis as for its creative substance.” — Entertainment Weekly
“Lewis demonstrates a marvelous ability to combine, with both rigor and innovation, a productive attentiveness to the stylistic aspects of filmic works themselves and a sharp capacity to situate those works within the economics and politics of an industry. His book offers the necessary detail on Coppola’s films and career while also using the case of Coppola as a model to say larger, more far-reaching things about today’s Hollywood and the place, or non-place, of the creative figure within it.” — Dana Polan, author of In a Lonely Place