{"product_id":"pim-k-jumpin-jack-flash-9780099584445","title":"Pim K Jumpin Jack Flash","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''REVELATORY'' - \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH *****\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''FASCINATING'' - \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''ENGROSSING'' - \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''You'll worry at your hunger to keep on reading, but you won't be able to stop'' - \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN, \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Litvinoff was one of the great mythic characters of 60s London. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlitting between the worlds of music, art and crime, he exerted a hidden influence that helped create the Krays twins' legend, connected the Rolling Stones with London's dark side, shaped the plot of classic film \u003ci\u003ePerformance \u003c\/i\u003e and saw him immortalised in a portrait by Lucian Freud. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLitvinoff's determination to live without trace means that his life has always eluded biographers, until now. Intent on unravelling the enigma of Litvinoff, Keiron Pim conducted 100 interviews over five years, speaking to Eric Clapton and Marianne Faithfull, James Fox and Mad' Frankie Fraser. The result is an extraordinary feat of researc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou’ll worry at your hunger to keep on reading, but \u003cb\u003eyou won’t be able to stop\u003c\/b\u003e. * Guardian, Book of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eThe rock'n'roll legend of David Litvinoff is given its definitive account. \u003cb\u003eA considerable work of detection and human sympathy unpicking old myths and making them new.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Iain Sinclair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis surely has the most startling beginning of any biography to be published this year… Vivid, engrossing\u003c\/b\u003e… Pim gives an all too graphic picture of the seedy 1950s…  \u003cb\u003eHe is compassionate and humane at every moment. His prose is always careful and stylish\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Richard Davenport-Hines * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eBlending pop culture, social history and interviews with raddled survivors, Pim reconstructs every scene in Litvinoff’s twisted history… \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJumpin’ Jack Flash \u003c\/i\u003eprovides the missing piece of Swinging London’s social jigsaw.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Dominic Green * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eBlending pop culture, social history and interviews with raddled survivors, Pim reconstructs every scene in Litvinoff’s twisted history… \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJumpin’ Jack Flash \u003c\/i\u003eprovides the missing piece of Swinging London’s social jigsaw.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Dominic Green * Literary Review *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732314960215,"sku":"9780099584445","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099584445.jpg?v=1719996380","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pim-k-jumpin-jack-flash-9780099584445","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}