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Synopsis
The bestselling biographer of Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson now examines the life of Gordon Sumner, a.k.a. Sting, from his troubled boyhood marked by domestic turmoil to his rise to the top of the charts--first as lead singer of The Police, then as a respected and top-selling solo artist--along the way touching on his failure as a box-office star and his involvement in environmental activism.
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Wensley Clarkson wrote A Year in La La Land and numerous biographies of Hollywood stars, including John Travolta, Tom Cruise, and Quentin Tarantino. He lives in London.
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Although Clarkson has produced previous best-selling biographies of Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson, the author's latest effort does not live up to his abilities. This book is advertised by its American distributors as "the first-ever complete biography" of Sting. However, it does not include a complete discography or filmography, it is full of British slang that will be difficult for an American audience to follow, and the last third of the book?covering from about the 1985 demise of The Police to the present?reads like a series of newspaper clippings strung together. Still, earlier portions of the book detailing Sting's development are better and include interviews with people important in his growth to superstar. Recommended for public libraries who own no other books on Sting or The Police.?Regina L. Beach, Mississippi State Univ. Libs.
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- PublisherBradford Pr
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1857821254
- ISBN 13 9781857821253
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages331
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