false 43139 0 0 207931 0306811839 9780306811838 13 <![CDATA[Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of Gitanes]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172691614m/207931.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207931.Serge_Gainsbourg_A_Fistful_of_Gitanes 3.69 59 Singer, songwriter, filmmaker, poet, and provocateur: Ten years after his death in 1991, Serge Gainsbourg--once known only for his heavy-breathing hit "Je T'Aime, Moi Non Plus"--has emerged as "his nation's most beloved pop export since Piaf" (New York Times). His musical output encompassed a staggering variety of transformations: classical, chanson, jazz, baby pop, rock, reggae, disco, and hip-hop. His lyrics were mind-boggling exercises in Franglais triple-entendres. And his personal life was marked by a singular dedication to cigarettes, alcohol, and seduction.

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.

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Cathi Unsworth moved to Ladbroke Grove in 1987 and has stayed there ever since. She began a career in rock writing with Sounds and Melody Maker, before co-editing the arts journal Purr and then Bizarre magazine. Her first novel, The Not Knowing, was published by Serpent's Tail in August 2005.

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