Gordon Burn Prize Goes To Jimmy Savile Book

Book2BookSunday 11 Oct 2015

A journalist who interviewed Jimmy Savile extensively over the last six years of his life has won an award for his book about the fallen celebrity.
Dan Davies won the Gordon Burn Prize for his book, In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile.
Actress - and judge - Maxine Peake described it as "compelling".
"This is so much more than a book about the monster that is Savile. It's about grotesque social attitudes towards the famous and money," she said.
The winner was picked from a selected shortlist by a judging panel comprising of Peake, authors Roddy Doyle and Doug Johnstone, artist Gavin Turk and journalist Suzanne Moore.


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