LAWRENCE LEE

On 28th September 1985, Lee Lawrence's mother Cherry Groce was wrongly shot by police during a raid on her Brixton home. The bullet shattered her spine and she never walked again. In the chaos that followed, 11-year-old Lee watched in horror as the News falsely pronounced his mother dead. In Brixton, already a powder keg because of the deep racism that the community was experiencing, it was the spark needed to trigger two days of rioting that saw buildings brought down by petrol bombs, cars torched and shops looted.But for Lee, it was a spark that lit a flame that would burn for the next 30 years as he fought to get the police to recognise their wrongdoing. His life had changed forever: he was now his mother's carer, he had seen first-hand the prejudice that existed in his country, and he was at the mercy of a society that was working against him. And yet that flame - for justice, for peace, for change - kept him going.The Louder I Will Sing is a powerful, compelling and uplifting memoir about growing up in modern Britain as a young Black man. It's a story both of people and politics, of the underlying racism beneath many of our most important institutions, but also the positive power that hope, faith and love can bring in response.

Este libro narra la fascinante vida del padre de la generación beat a través de las voces de sus amigos y amantes. Barry Gifford y Lawrence Lee reconstruyen la vida de Kerouac en casa y en el camino y hablan con los profetas, musicos y poetas que le conocieron. Algunos son famosos (Allen Ginsberg, Gore Vidal, William Burroughs y Gary Snyder, entre otros), otros no (los amigos de la infancia de Jack, sus amantes o sus colegas). Todos esbozan un retrato vibrante y sobrecogedor de la vida de Kerouac.Leer este libro es estar presente en las reuniones de Kerouac con sus amigos, amantes e, incluso, enemigos. Es una larga conversacion sobre la generacion beat. El libro de Jack, al igual que las novelas de Kerouac, nos ofrece una ayuda valiosisima para comprender a un hombre y una generacion que dieron forma a los sueños y esperanzas de sus seguidores.

WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020 This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known, events in modern British history. Lees journey and fight for justice are both inspiring and enraging AKALA What would you do if the people you trusted to uphold the law committed a crime against you? Who would you turn to? And how long would you fight them for? On 28th September 1985, Lee Lawrences mother Cherry Groce was wrongly shot by police during a raid on her Brixton home. The bullet shattered her spine and she never walked again. In the chaos that followed, 11-year-old Lee watched in horror as the News falsely pronounced his mother dead. In Brixton, already a powder keg because of the deep racism that the community was experiencing, it was the spark needed to trigger two days of rioting that saw buildings brought down by petrol bombs, cars torched and shops looted. But for Lee, it was a spark that lit a flame that would burn for the next 30 years as he fought to get the police to recognise their wrongdoing. His life had changed forever: he was now his mothers carer, he had seen first-hand the prejudice that existed in his country, and he was at the mercy of a society that was working against him. And yet that flame - for justice, for peace, for change - kept him going.The Louder I Will Sing is a powerful, compelling and uplifting memoir about growing up in modern Britain as a young Black man. Its a story both of people and politics, of the underlying racism beneath many of our most important institutions, but also the positive power that hope, faith and love can bring in response.

"A fascinating literary and historical document, the most insightful look at the Beat Generation." Dan Wakefield, author of New York in the Fifties and Going All the WayFirst published in 1978, Jacks Book gives us an intimate look into the life and times of the "King of the Beats." Through the words of the close friends, lovers, artists, and drinking buddies who survived him, writers Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee recount Jack Kerouacs story, from his childhood in Lowell, Massachusetts, to his tragic end in Florida at the age of forty-seven. Including anecdotes from an eclectic list of well-known figures such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Gore Vidal, as well as Kerouacs ordinary acquaintances, this groundbreaking oral biographythe first of its kindpresents us with a remarkably insightful portrait of an American legend and the spirit of a generation.