Jack - The Biography of Jack Nicholson

At a time of life when most people think of retiring, Jack Nicholson remains as energetic and charismatic as ever. He's extended his range to play a believable old loser in About Schmidt, he's gone for outright comedy in Anger Management, worked for the first ime with legendary director Martin Scorsese in The Departed, and he remains as fascinating as ever: How does he do it? With the help and co-operation of many of Nicholson's Hollywood associates, John Parker pieces together the truth about the 'great seducer'. Brought up beliveing his grandmother was his mother and his mother was his older sister, he was also abandoned by his father. This unorthodox childhood was the start of an incredible journey that included Oscar-winning success, a string of high-profile lovers and a long-term relationship with Angelica Huston. Dreamed of by women and admired by men everywhere, Nicholson manages to steal every scene in which he plays. As he swaggers past his seventieth birthday, Nicholson's star quality shows no sign of dimming. Find out what lies behind that wolfish grin with the most comprehensive biography of the man ever undertaken. Discovering tht there is much more to Nicholson that the good-time partying figure of the gossip columns, John Parker has created as absorbing portrait. Prepare to be surprised - this is the real Jack.

John Parker has been a writer and journalist all his working life, in a career that has taken him from local newspaper to Life magazine. He spent 20 years in Fleet Street and his books include a biography of Sean Connery, the best selling Kings of Fools and the widely praised Five for Hollywood.