Tom Jones - The Life
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Tom Jones - The Life

Hardcover – March 12, 2015

Price
$6.72
Format
Hardcover
Pages
320
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0008104450
Dimensions
1.3 x 5.9 x 9.3 inches
Weight
1.43 pounds

Description

Review “Jaunty and well-researched … the most complete and entertaining portrait of the Welsh superstar to date” – The Mail on Sunday (Event Magazine) “This book is a must read for any Tom Jones fan.” -Entertainment Focus “A lavishly appointed, no-holds-barred biography.” – MailOnline “Sean uncovers a story with the drama of a television soap opera.” – Llanelli Star “A very personal and revealing life story.” – Lovereading “A story filled with success and drama. **** .” – OK! magazine “well-crafted, lively chronicle” – Daily Express “Green green class. ****.” – Star magazine “a solidly-researched portrait that brings the character to life very well. Anybody who is familiar with his work on record will feel that they know the man, or the voice, even better after reading this book.” – The Bookbag About the Author Sean Smith is the UK’s leading celebrity biographer and the author of five Sunday Times best sellers, with his titles being translated throughout the world. Described by the Independent as a ‘fearless chronicler’, he specialises in meticulous research, going ‘on the road’ to find the real person behind the star image.

Features & Highlights

  • From bestselling biographer Sean Smith comes the fascinating and tumultuous true story behind Sir Tom Jones, the nation’s treasure, sage of The Voice and living music legend.
  • Celebrating his 75th birthday this year, Tom Jones’ life has been an unforgettable rollercoaster ride. From starting out in a little Welsh mining town where he married his sweetheart at just 16, who could have known that seven years later he would go on to become a major musical hit that would propel him to Bel Air? Through intimate interviews, Smith uncovers all this and more, including the years Tom spent as little more than a Vegas lounge singer, before being rediscovered in the late ‘80s and becoming a maestro on the music scene once again.
  • As revealing as it is entertaining, this is the definitive story of a great talent who is showing no signs of slowing down.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Autobiography is much better and true

Tom's Autobiography is much better. Told in his own words.
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Tom Jones - Something of the Life

An interesting easy read but not completely satisfying and I suppose that is always going to happen when you don't get to interview the man himself or his wife Linda. Their life together asked more questions than were answered. He seems to be her complete opposite yet to her he always came home, despite plenty of dalliances on the way and public exposure and humiliation including his fathering a child to another and keeping his distance.

We get little jabs of meat and potatoes all along the life journey of Tommy Woodward who we know as Tom Jones. Learning about his early humble beginnings was the more interesting. Becoming a teenage father and husband which would have been difficult for any hormone charged male, doing some break and enters and finding his voice as a singer. A couple of typos jarred as did facts such as Leonard Cohen's song Tower of Song being wrongly referred to. I would have liked more depth in the pages. It reads as if the author did some joining the dots. Surely there is another book on Tom Jones, one with more investigation and perhaps less papering over flaws in his character. There is a story here but I don't think the author has done anything other than lightly touch it. Interpreting his Zodiac Star sign didn't exactly enhance the book in my eyes either. For me reading that brought the book down to the level of a pap weekly magazine.
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good

good read
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Five Stars

An excellent read. Would recommend.
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Five Stars

VERY INFORMATIVE! NO PROBLEMS!
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Outstanding

This was such an outstanding bio, I devoured it from cover to cover. Good job.
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GREAT BOOK

IF YOU LOVE TOM JONES - MUST HAVE
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GREAT BOOK

IF YOU LOVE TOM JONES - MUST HAVE
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Five Stars

good
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One Star

Horribly written...juvenile junk.