In Plain Sight by Dan Davies

In Plain Sight by Dan Davies

Dan Davies has spent more than a decade on a quest to find the real Jimmy Savile, and interviewed him extensively over a period of seven years before his death. In the course of his quest, he spent days and nights at a time quizzing Savile at his homes in Leeds and Scarborough, lunched with him at venues ranging from humble transport cafes to the Athenaeum club in London and, most memorably, joined him for a short cruise aboard the QE2. Dan thought his quest had come to an end in October 2011 when Savile's golden coffin was lowered into a grave dug at a 45-degree angle in a Scarborough cemetery. He was wrong. In the last two and a half years, Dan has been interviewing scores of people, many of them unobtainable while Jimmy was alive. What he has discovered was that his instincts were right all along and behind the mask lay a hideous truth. Jimmy Savile was not only complex, damaged and controlling, but cynical, calculating and predatory. He revelled in his status as a Pied Piper of youth and used his power to abuse the vulnerable and underage, all the while covering his tracks by moving into the innermost circles of the establishment.

To my mind, the best and hottest non-fiction property of the decade is Dan Davies's book on Jimmy SavileHe had amazing access for years and stuck with the story before anybody knew how interesting it was. His book will be a must-read and will hit British culture like a clusterbomb. I can't wait -- Andrew O'Hagan
An astonishing account . . . It is an incredible read -- Carole Cadwalladr * Observer *
An extraordinary book, by turns deeply sinister and darkly comic -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
Absolutely jaw-dropping * Nicky Campbell, Radio Five Live *

Dan Davies is a journalist, author and editor with more than twenty years' experience as a senior staffer and freelance contributor on a wide variety of magazines, newspapers and websites. Twice shortlisted as BSME Magazine Writer of the Year, he has been Deputy Editor and Acting Editor of Esquire, Editor of Esquire Weekly, a Features Editor at the Mail on Sunday, Deputy Editor of Jack magazine, and a feature writer for the Guardian Guide, Live Magazine, The Journal on MrPorter.com and many others.

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ISBN 13	9781782067443
ISBN 10	1782067442
Title	In Plain Sight
Author	Dan Davies
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quercus Publishing
Year published	2014-07-17
Number of pages	592
Prizes	Winner of CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger 2015, Winner of Gordon Burn Prize 2015, Short-listed for Orwell Prize 2015
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