Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story - Softcover

Tosches, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141041854 ISBN 13: 9780141041858

Publisher: Penguin, 2009

Synopsis

The dramatic and tormented life of Jerry Lee Lewis is the most fabled in rock 'n' roll history. Hellfire is a wild, riveting, and beautifully written biography that received universal acclaim on its original publication and is now an American classic. Born in Louisiana to a family legacy of great courage and greater madness, Jerry Lee 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. Almost immediately, news of his marriage to his thirteen-year-old cousin all but destroyed his career. Over the next twenty years, Jerry Lee, ever indomitable and ever wild, would rise again as a country star, and then lose it all again to his own inner demons. Hellfire is a brilliant, audacious journey into the soul of a rock 'n' roll legend, and into the soul of rock 'n' roll itself.

About this title

Review:

'The number one greatest music book ever' Observer 'Quite simply the best rock and roll biography ever written' Rolling Stone

About the Author:

Nick Tosches was born in Newark, New Jersey. He is the author of the novels Cut Numbers, Trinities, and In the Hand of Dante. His non-fiction books include the iconic biographies of Dean Martin and Sonny Liston, Dino and Night Train, and most recently King of the Jews, also published by Penguin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0141041854
• ISBN 13: 9780141041858
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288