The luckiest man in the world: Lucky - Couverture souple

Scala, Mim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1481006258 ISBN 13 : 9781481006255

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Mim Scala was born in Fulham London in 1940, of Italian parents. He started life in the cosmopolitan North End Road market, where his parents ran the famous Scala's ice cream parlour. Having studied briefly at Chelsea School of Art, in his late teens he left the confines of home to find his way in the exciting London of the late 50's. He was one of the first hosts of private gaming parties in fashionable Chelsea, mixing easily with Chelsea society and Soho gangsters. After a confrontation with the Kray Twins, Mim traveled to Spain and then Morocco before returning to London to become part of the burgeoning sixties scene. Mim became a theatrical agent, and acquired the film rights to the Peter O'Donnell cartoon strip Modesty Blaise. The film, subsequently directed by Jo Janni, starred Terry Stamp and Monica Vitti and had an inspirational influence on the young Quentin Tarantino, who has used the Blaise influences in all his films including Pulp Fiction. Mim subsequently founded Scala Brown Associates Theatrical Agency in 1966. In 1977 Mim, together with Cupid Films, packaged the Jean Luc Godard film Sympathy For The Devil with the Rolling Stones. The end of the sixties saw Mim take off from his agency desk to go in search of the master musicians of the Ganoua sect in Morocco. Returning to England in 1973 Mim founded ESP Music, an agency dedicated to the management of record producers. His clients included Chris Kimsey (Rolling Stones), Stewart Levine (Simply Red, BB King Minni Riperton, etc.), Jimmi Miller (Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet etc). Mim retired from the music business in 1987 to live in Ireland where he now lives with his wife Janie and his son Fred, and their horses and dogs. Mim writes, paints and loves fly fishing.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 1931 during the hight of a world wide depression , when money was so hard to come by. Emilio Scala acquired a ticket in the irish sweepstake. The ticket drew a horse called Grackle. and Grackle went on to win the grand National, and with it Emilio won the incredible amount of £375000. this was at that time the largest ever payout on a sweep stake ticket. Emilio's win catapoulted him into a world of celebrity and intrigue . Collecting his prize was not going to be easy , with shrewd bookmaker Toby Grant plotting with the American Heiress to Emilio's cash. Is Emilio up to the challenge can he hold on to his new found fortune or are the vultures going to pick his bones

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1481006258
• ISBN 13: 9781481006255
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 236