num_pages: 192
description: In this, the first English biography to capture Gainsbourg in all his contradiction and gleeful outrageousness, Simmons tells the fascinating story of the Gallic star. Drawing on hours of new interviews with his intimates-among them Jane Birkin, Sly &amp; Robbie, Marianne Faithfull, and celebrated producer Philippe Lerichomme-Simmons describes in crackling prose the scope of Gainsbourg's achievement while doing full justice to his complicated emotional life. Simmons's work will stand as the definitive take on a dizzying genius.
language: English
title: Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful Of Gitanes
titlecomplete: Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful Of Gitanes
genres: Music, France, Biography Memoir, Biography, Pop Culture, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 474
publisher: Da Capo Press