Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful Of Gitanes
by Sylvie Simmons /
2002 / English / Kindle, EPUB
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In this, the first English biography to capture Gainsbourg in all
his contradiction and gleeful outrageousness, Simmons tells the
fascinating story of the Gallic star. Drawing on hours of new
interviews with his intimates-among them Jane Birkin, Sly &
Robbie, Marianne Faithfull, and celebrated producer Philippe
Lerichomme-Simmons describes in crackling prose the scope of
Gainsbourg's achievement while doing full justice to his
complicated emotional life. Simmons's work will stand as the
definitive take on a dizzying genius.
In this, the first English biography to capture Gainsbourg in all
his contradiction and gleeful outrageousness, Simmons tells the
fascinating story of the Gallic star. Drawing on hours of new
interviews with his intimates-among them Jane Birkin, Sly &
Robbie, Marianne Faithfull, and celebrated producer Philippe
Lerichomme-Simmons describes in crackling prose the scope of
Gainsbourg's achievement while doing full justice to his
complicated emotional life. Simmons's work will stand as the
definitive take on a dizzying genius.