Hellfire by Nick Tosches

Hellfire by Nick Tosches

Born in Louisiana to a family legacy of great courage and greater madness, Jerry Lee Lewis was torn throughout his life between a harsh Pentecostal God and the Devil of alcohol, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. At twenty-one, he recorded "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", which propelled him to stardom.

The number one greatest music book ever * Observer *
Quite simply the best rock and roll biography ever written * Rolling Stone *
The best rock 'n' roll biography ever written. . There is a novelistic intensity to this story of tragedy, triumph and love. Its portrayal of a society alien to mainstream America is riveting * Newsday *
Brilliant . . . the best account we have of how the first rock and rollers were torn between salvation and the Devil's music * New Statesman *

Nick Tosches was a critically acclaimed American journalist, novelist and poet. Celebrated for defining the emerging genre of rock journalism in the 1970s, he is renowned for chronicling the lives of the great icons of his time. His biographies include Country: The Biggest Music in America, Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth of Rock in the Wild Years Before Elvis, Power on Earth, Arbor House, Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams, The Devil and Sonny Liston, Where Dead Voices Gather and King of the Jews. He is also the author of the novels Cut Numbers, Trinities, In the Hand of Dante, and Me and the Devil, and the poetry collection Chaldea and I Dig Girls. He died on 20th October 2019.

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ISBN 13	9780141041858
ISBN 10	0141041854
Title	Hellfire
Author	Nick Tosches
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2009-05-07
Number of pages	288
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