The crazy life of Larry Joe
Subtitle: a journey on the streets and stage
By: Joanne Jowell
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Johannesburg, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781770103191; 9781770103207
Subjects: Ex-convicts; Biography; Criminals; Rehabilitation; Musicians; Redemption
Description: "Larry Joe's upbringing reads like that of many others in South Africa, having been born into a poor family in the Northern Cape and growing up with an alcoholic father and an abused mother.  He stole his first loaf of bread at age five,  to feed his hungry sister, and his descent into a life of crime,  drugs and gangsterism was all but guaranteed....The Crazy Life of Larry Joe tells the moving story of one man's journey away from certain self-destruction in a world characterised by crime and drugs towards personal freedom and a very real chance of stardom as he realises his musical talents and potential through his own extraordinary efforts and the mentorship of others." -- Publisher's website.