In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile

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Publisher's Synopsis

A major source for the BBC drama The Reckoning


Winner of the 2015 Gordon Burn Prize and the 2015 CWA Non-Fiction Dagger



Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the James Tait Black Prize



'An astonishing account' Observer



'A compulsive, colourful and chilling read' Sunday Times


'An extraordinary book' Mail on Sunday


Dan Davies spent more than a decade on a quest to find the real Jimmy Savile, and interviewed him extensively over a period of six years before his death. Dan also interviewed scores of people, many of them unobtainable while Savile was alive.


Jimmy Savile was cynical, calculating and predatory. He revelled in his status as a Pied Piper of youth and used his power to abuse the vulnerable and underage, all the while covering his tracks by moving into the innermost circles of the establishment.


IN PLAIN SIGHT is a devastating and definitive account of a national figure turned national disgrace.

Book information

ISBN: 9781782067467
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Imprint: Quercus
Pub date:
Edition: Updated edition
DEWEY: 791.45092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 614
Weight: 496g
Height: 131mm
Width: 198mm
Spine width: 40mm