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Ted Lewis (15 January 1940 – 27 March 1982) was a British writer known for his crime fiction.
Jan 21, 2018 · The godfather of Brit noir: cult crime writer Ted Lewis is due a renaissance. When he died in 1982, he was remembered in the literary world – if at all – solely as the man who “wrote that film with Michael Caine”.
- Benjamin Myers
His first novel, All the Way Home and All the Night Through was published in 1965, followed by Jack's Return Home, subsequently retitled Get Carter after the success of the film of the sa. Ted Lewis (1940 – 1982) was a British writer born in Manchester, an only child.
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Sep 26, 2015 · One of the giants of English Noir crime writing, Derek Raymond, seems to have been in an alcoholic haze for most of his adult life. So, what do we make of the short life of Ted Lewis who died at the tragically young age of 42 from an alcohol related illness? Lewis was born in Manchester in 1940.
Ted Lewis has 38 books on Goodreads with 6932 ratings. Ted Lewis’s most popular book is Get Carter (Jack Carter, #1).
Sep 29, 2008 · Ted Lewis, the man who wrote so convincingly about London-based gangsters, came of age in the same small North Lincolnshire town where he later went down in flames. Lewis continued to live in Barton-Upon-Humber while attending Hull College of Art, commuting across the Humber estuary via ferry.
Oct 21, 2017 · Written by Nick Triplow — Meticulous and thorough detective work is at the heart of this compelling and detailed biography of Ted Lewis, the Humberside author of nine novels, who was a huge influence on Brit Noir and remains so for leading names in crime fiction today.
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