Dorian Lynskey

Jerry Lee Lewis: interrogating ‘The Killer’

A review of Rick Bragg’s Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story reveals the bad boy of rock’n’roll feared he was destined for hell

issue 29 November 2014
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  • Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story

    Rick Bragg

    Canongate, pp. 512

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