Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story • Book

Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story • Book by Nick Tosches

Few lives in rock ’n’ roll have burned as fiercely as that of Jerry Lee Lewis, the piano-pounding wild man known as The Killer. In Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story, acclaimed music writer Nick Tosches chronicles the rise, spectacular talent and personal demons of one of the most explosive figures in music history. From his religious upbringing in Louisiana to his transformation into a rock ’n’ roll icon, this is a gripping portrait of a man caught between faith, temptation and the music that consumed him.

Tosches writes with extraordinary intensity about Lewis's volatile career, his uncompromising personality and the contradictions that made him such a compelling performer. Alongside fellow pioneers such as Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins, Lewis helped define the sound and attitude of early rock ’n’ roll, but his story was uniquely turbulent. Praised by Rolling Stone, Greil Marcus, Newsday, The Guardian and The Boston Globe, this biography has earned a formidable reputation among music readers.

This 288-page edition is essential reading for rock ’n’ roll fans, music historians and anyone fascinated by the larger-than-life characters who shaped popular music. Fiercely written and richly atmospheric, Hellfire goes beyond a conventional celebrity biography to explore the price of fame, the power of belief and the untameable force of rock ’n’ roll itself.