ISBN: 9781846050954

The Michael X" story is a tragicomedy of the sixties. It's the extraordinary, all but forgotten story of a hustler from Trinidad who conquered swinging London. Michael X was the man who k… More...

The Michael X" story is a tragicomedy of the sixties. It's the extraordinary, all but forgotten story of a hustler from Trinidad who conquered swinging London. Michael X was the man who knew everyone - from Muhammad Ali to Alexander Trocchi, Malcolm X to John Lennon, William Burroughs to Leonard Cohen. He was an extraordinary figure who became the public face of black Britain in the late '60s. The Michael X" story is a tragicomedy of the sixties. It's the extraordinary, all but forgotten story of a hustler from Trinidad who conquered swinging London. Michael X was the man who knew everyone - from Muhammad Ali to Alexander Trocchi, Malcolm X to John Lennon, William Burroughs to Leonard Cohen. He was an extraordinary figure who became the public face of black Britain in the late '60s, before the media tired of him and he fell victim to the hustler's classic mistake - believing his own hype. He moved back to Trinidad, started a commune and dreamed of becoming his country's President. Instead two dead bodies were found on his land and he was convicted of murder and hanged three years later, despite the best efforts of his celebrity supporters. This biography expertly places Michael X in context. It evokes the many worlds he inhabited, both physical worlds - Trinidad in the '40s, Tiger Bay in the '50s, Notting Hill in the '60s - and cultural ones - emigrants, beatniks, revolutionaries. The Michael X that emerges is not simply the black bogeyman familiar from the British press of the '60s, but a complex individual, full of contradictions: brash and insecure, funny and menacing, black and white, a trickster and as serious as your life. Books, Biography~~Biography General~~Autobiography: General, Michael X~~Book~~9781846050954~~John L. Williams, , , , , , , , , ,, [PU: Random House]<

2008, ISBN: 9781846050954

Michael X: Paperback: Century: 9781846050954: 07 Aug 2008: Michael X was the man who knew everyone - from Muhammad Ali to Alexander Trocchi, Malcolm X to John Lennon, William Burroughs to… More...

Michael X: Paperback: Century: 9781846050954: 07 Aug 2008: Michael X was the man who knew everyone - from Muhammad Ali to Alexander Trocchi, Malcolm X to John Lennon, William Burroughs to Leonard Cohen. He was an extraordinary figure who became the public face of black Britain in the late '60s, before the media tired of him and he fell victim to the hustler's classic mistake - believing his own hype. The Michael X" story is a tragicomedy of the sixties. It's the extraordinary, all but forgotten story of a hustler from Trinidad who conquered swinging London. Michael X was the man who knew everyone - from Muhammad Ali to Alexander Trocchi, Malcolm X to John Lennon, William Burroughs to Leonard Cohen. He was an extraordinary figure who became the public face of black Britain in the late '60s, before the media tired of him and he fell victim to the hustler's classic mistake - believing his own hype. He moved back to Trinidad, started a commune and dreamed of becoming his country's President. Instead two dead bodies were found on his land and he was convicted of murder and hanged three years later, despite the best efforts of his celebrity supporters. This biography expertly places Michael X in context. It evokes the many worlds he inhabited, both physical worlds - Trinidad in the '40s, Tiger Bay in the '50s, Notting Hill in the '60s - and cultural ones - emigrants, beatniks, revolutionaries. The Michael X that emerges is not simply the black bogeyman familiar from the British press of the '60s, but a complex individual, full of contradictions: brash and insecure, funny and menacing, black and white, a trickster and as serious as your life. Autobiography: General, , , , , , , , , , , ,, [PU: Random House]<

2007, ISBN: 1846050952

[SR: 208811], Paperback, [EAN: 9781846050954], Century, Century, Book, [PU: Century], Century, Paperback. Pub Date: October 2007 Pages: 288 Publisher: Century of The Michael X Are story i… More...

[SR: 208811], Paperback, [EAN: 9781846050954], Century, Century, Book, [PU: Century], Century, Paperback. Pub Date: October 2007 Pages: 288 Publisher: Century of The Michael X Are story is A tragicomedy of the sixties It's the Extraordinary. The all but forgotten Story of a Hustler FROM Trinidad who conquered swinging London. Michael X Are the WAS the man who knew everyone - from Muhammad Ali to Alexander Trocchi. Malcolm X to John Lennon. William Burroughs to Leonard Cohen. He was an extraordinary figure who became the public face of black itain in the late '60s. before the media tired of him and he fell victim to the hustler's classic mistake - believing his own hype. He moved back to Trinidad. started a commune and dreamed of becoming his country's President.Instead two dead bodies were found on his land and he was convicted of murder and hanged three years later. despite the best efforts of his celeity supporters. This biography expertly places Michael X in contex..., 758988, 1901 Onwards, 268021, Historical, 67, Biography, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 758928, Social & Urban History, 268021, Historical, 67, Biography, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 772192, London, 772162, Cultural History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

2007, ISBN: 1846050952

[SR: 498374], Paperback, [EAN: 9781846050954], Century, Century, Book, [PU: Century], Century, Paperback. Pub Date: October 2007 Pages: 288 Publisher: Century of The Michael X Are story i… More...

[SR: 498374], Paperback, [EAN: 9781846050954], Century, Century, Book, [PU: Century], Century, Paperback. Pub Date: October 2007 Pages: 288 Publisher: Century of The Michael X Are story is A tragicomedy of the sixties It's the Extraordinary. The all but forgotten Story of a Hustler FROM Trinidad who conquered swinging London. Michael X Are the WAS the man who knew everyone - from Muhammad Ali to Alexander Trocchi. Malcolm X to John Lennon. William Burroughs to Leonard Cohen. He was an extraordinary figure who became the public face of black itain in the late '60s. before the media tired of him and he fell victim to the hustler's classic mistake - believing his own hype. He moved back to Trinidad. started a commune and dreamed of becoming his country's President.Instead two dead bodies were found on his land and he was convicted of murder and hanged three years later. despite the best efforts of his celeity supporters. This biography expertly places Michael X in contex..., 758988, 1901 Onwards, 268021, Historical, 67, Biography, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 758928, Social & Urban History, 268021, Historical, 67, Biography, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 772192, London, 772162, Cultural History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<