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GOODWIN**, CLIFF: : EVIL SPIRITS - The Life of Oliver Reed

LONDON.VIRGIN PUBLISHING LTD.,2000.

ISBN 9781852278846.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustarted,1st rpt. [Originally published 2000,this edn is the 1st reprint,in the same published year.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/j.Bright,crisp, clean,subject b/w portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj with white lettering; and negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Spine/backstrip with thumbnail b/w portrait from front repeated to same with barely discernible fade to photograph. Top edges with some minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges without foxing but bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears an unread copy apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,clean, sharp-cornered,original textured plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st reprint,1-314pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,19 chapters+Epilogue, Appendices (3 - comprising filmograpgy,TV appearances and radio broadcasts),Sources+ Acknowledgements,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and quotation page. "I'm the biggest star this country has got," Oliver Reed once claimed. "Destroy me and you destroy the whole British film industry." But Oliver Reed did not need anyone to destroy him as,in May 1999,after a forty-year acting career which included 100 films,he succeeded in destroying himself. He died,as he had invariably lived,drinking with friends while making yet another film. Born in Wimbledon,London,Reed rose to international stardom with his powerful performance as Bill Sykes in the 1968 musical 'Oliver!' He was seen as one of the brightest prospects of the British film industry and, by the late 60's,he was Britain's highest-paid star. However,his later career became overshadowed by his reputation for drunken behaviour. Reed's career was full of characteristic firsts: in 1969 he starred in 'Women in Love', the first English-speaking commercial film to feature full-frontal nudity; in 1967 he starred in 'I'll Never Forget What's 'Is Name',the first film to feature the word 'f**k'; and in 1972 he starred in 'Sitting Target',the first British film to receive an X rating purely for its violent content. Throughout his eventful and colourful career, Reed worked with some of the most famous names in the film industry from Bette Davis to Raquel Welch.His opinions were expressed bluntly,his exploits are legendary,but best-selling author Cliff Goodwin also explores the other side to this complex character. Unique,compelling and insightful,'Evil Spirits' contains material from first-hand interviews with Reed's family,friends and colleagues,and features never-before-seen photographs from the family album.This is the fascinating story of one of the UK's most infamous stars. Want more titles by this author? For similar and other available titles - please search my GENERAL and BIOGRAPHY catalogues. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** 

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st rpt.
Not SIGNED.

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