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In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile by Dan Davies (Paperback, 2015)
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Winner of the 2015 Gordon Burn Prize and the 2015 CWA Non-Fiction Dagger Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the James Tait Black Prize 'An astonishing account' Observer 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherQuercus Publishing
ISBN-139781782067467
eBay Product ID (ePID)213024039
Product Key Features
Book TitleIn Plain Sight: the Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile
AuthorDan Davies
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages624 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height196mm
Item Width128mm
Item Weight490g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDan Davies
Topic AreaSexual Abuse
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 18 Jan, 2023
A monster hiding in plain sight.
A corrupt and corrupting monster hiding in plain sight, and a cowardly establishment unwilling to challenge. It's easier to let the horrific abuse continue by turning a blind eye.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Nov, 2017
Makes you angry
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 Oct, 2021
Fascinating and compelling reading
This was fascinating and a bit scary how one man made so many influential friendsVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Oct, 2021
compelling reading I believe
bought for my wifeVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
