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Ready, Steady, Go! Shawn Levy

Ready, Steady, Go! By Shawn Levy

Ready, Steady, Go! by Shawn Levy


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Shawn Levy brings alive London in the Swinging Sixties with a groovy story of those who created the scene that changed the world. For a few years in the 1960s, London was the coolest city on Earth: a spontaneous, dizzying stew of pop music, fashion, film, scandal, drugs, sex and crime.

Ready, Steady, Go! Summary

Ready, Steady, Go!: Swinging London and the Invention of Cool by Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy, author of "Rat Pack Confidential" brings alive London in the Swinging Sixties with a groovy story of those who created the scene that changed the world. For a few years in the 1960s, London was the coolest city on earth: a spontaneous, dizzying stew of pop music, fashion, film, scandal, drugs and sex, crime, the avant garde underground and the tabloid obsession with fame. The rest of the world watched in awe. Snaking through it are such eminent swinging Londoners as The Dreamer (actor Terence Stamp), The Chameleon (Rolling Stone Mick Jagger), The Loner (Beatles manager Brian Epstein), The Snapper (photographer David Bailey) and The Blue Blood (art dealer Robert Fraser), as well as such figures as comedian Peter Cook; hairdresser Vidal Sassoon; singer Marianne Faithfull; fashion designer Mary Quant; supermodels Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy; gangsters Ron and Reggie Kray; actor Michael Caine; actresses Catherine Deneuve, Lynn Redgrave and Julie Christie; pop groups The Beatles, The Who and The Kinks; and filmmakers Roman Polanski, Richard Lester and Michelangelo Antonioni; as well as the various participants in the Profumo scandal, the Great Train Robbery, the rise of LSD, the radical underground, the heyday of the gambling club and the fashion boutique, and various and sundry scandals, scenes and sensations. Due to a combination of massive talent and sheer luck, they dominated the world scene. But the party was to end - after seven short years it seemed that everyone was now a "swinging Londoner" and the same vibe was found in Paris, New York and San Francisco. "Ready, Steady, Go" recreates the whole show and contrasts a series of emblematic lives with the great events that shaped the time. Through these stories, Shawn Levy shows how the city re-invented cool and then seemed to lose its swing altogether.

Ready, Steady, Go! Reviews

Reviews for Rat Pack Confidential: * 'Scotch-on-the-rocks cool' Loaded * 'A compulsive account of five men with America in their pockets -- and the money, power and sense to bleed every last moment of fun out of it. An immense book.' FHM * Backed-up by brilliantly cool POS and a slick advertising campaign that will include: press advertising, 'Boomerang' postcards and a national flyposting campaign.

About Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy is the author of King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis and the bestselling Rat Pack Confidential. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Village Voice, Movieline, Film Comment, and Pulse! He is a former senior editor of American Film.

Additional information

GOR001726351
9781841152257
1841152250
Ready, Steady, Go!: Swinging London and the Invention of Cool by Shawn Levy
Used - Very Good
Hardback
HarperCollins Publishers
2002-09-02
400
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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