- Paperback: 250 pages
- Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd; New edition edition (5 Jun 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0283063122
- ISBN-13: 978-0283063121
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,141,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Second revised edition of a biography of Tom Jones, the singer considered as the Welsh Sinatra. This review, appearing eight years after the first edition, incorporates confidences from friends and associates from his early days in the 1960's and hints at Jones' desire to return to the Welsh valleys, the 'green green grass of home'.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The critics who prefer Macfarlane's fawning sycophantic bilge must be barking mad. This book really gets to the heart of a great star and tells his story warts and all. I enjoyed every page.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A more tabloid, re-hash version of the Tom Jones story
7 Aug 1998
Format:Hardcover
This biography on Tom Jones seems to be an update on the previous and rather excellent biography by Colin Macfarlane - Tom Jones:The Boy From Nowhere, which was published in 1988. After reading Macfarlane's book one gets the idea that both authors of this book have updated Macfarlane's version and added in some rather obscure tabloid type anecdotes. The result is a bit disappointing but it still tells a clear cut story of the man. Start off with Macfarlane's biography then move on to this one to get the fuller picture. Tom himself has said he prefers Macfarlane's version as the author mixed with members of Tom's family in his home village of Treforest in South Wales to get to the real heart of the story.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A more tabloid, re-hash version of the Tom Jones story
7 Aug 1998
Format:Hardcover
~This biography on Tom Jones seems to be an update on the previous and rather excellent biography by Colin Macfarlane - Tom Jones:The Boy From Nowhere, which was published in 1988. After reading Macfarlane's book one gets the idea that both authors of this book have updated Macfarlane's version and added in
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Easy to Skip
26 May 1999
Format:Hardcover
This book is, indeed a rehash of previously written materials, with a healthy dash of misquotes and sensationalistic antecdotes. Don't bother.
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