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Working Class Boy (Paperback)
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Working Class Boy (Paperback)
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Loot Price R260
Discovery Miles 2 600
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A household name, an Australian rock icon, the elder statesman of
Ozrock - there isn't an accolade or cliche that doesn't apply to
Jimmy Barnes. But long before Cold Chisel and Barnesy, long before
the tall tales of success and excess, there was the true story of
James Dixon Swan - a working class boy whose family made the
journey from Scotland to Australia in search of a better life.
Working Class Boy is a powerful reflection on a traumatic and
violent childhood, which fuelled the excess and recklessness that
would define, but almost destroy, the rock'n'roll legend. This is
the story of how James Swan became Jimmy Barnes. It is a memoir
burning with the frustration and frenetic energy of teenage sex,
drugs, violence and ambition for more than what you have. Raw,
gritty, compassionate, surprising and darkly funny - Jimmy Barnes's
childhood memoir is at once the story of migrant dreams fulfilled
and dashed. Arriving in Australia in the Summer of 1962, things
went from bad to worse for the Swan family - Dot, Jim and their six
kids. The scramble to manage in the tough northern suburbs of
Adelaide in the 60s would take its toll on the Swans as dwindling
money, too much alcohol, and fraying tempers gave way to violence
and despair. This is the story a family's collapse, but also a
young boy's dream to escape the misery of the suburbs with a
once-in-a-lifetime chance to join a rock'n'roll band and get out of
town for good.
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