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Working Class Boy: The Number 1 Bestselling Memoir by Jimmy Barnes (Paperback, 2018)

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The critically acclaimed number 1 bestseller in paperback. 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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Harpercollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
ISBN-10
1460753410
ISBN-13
9781460753415
eBay Product ID (ePID)
238180475

Product Key Features

Book Title
Working Class Boy: the Number 1 Bestselling Memoir
Author
Jimmy Barnes
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Autobiography: the Arts
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
384 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
558g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Jimmy Barnes
Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia

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by belle.040825 Aug, 2018
Compelling read, daunting & confronting.
Every page tells more about this incredible man’s childhood than you could ever imagine. Gripping & addictive, Jimmy’s story is a must read for any reader of autobiographies.
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by nighthawk7310 Oct, 2018
An Awesome read
A great read &insight to his life
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by 8351pamela18 Jan, 2018
New working class boy. By Jimmy Barnes
I am part way into it and am thoroughly enjoying it.
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