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Ballantine
May 2012
On Sale: April 24, 2012
384 pages
ISBN: 0345533941
EAN: 9780345533944
Kindle: B006ZAZ2FM
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Non-Fiction Biography
>For this definitive biography, acclaimed journalist and
bestselling author Tom Bower was granted unprecedented
access to Simon Cowell and those around him—and the result
is a fascinating multilayered portrait of one of the world’s
most intriguing television personalities ever to dominate
the music industry.
Simon Cowell
has made an international name for himself as the
no-holds-barred judge on the television phenomenon
American Idol. He’s been called mean, arrogant,
brash, and unapologetic, but his stinging barbs and smug
personality have also earned him cheers from fans, as well
as millions of dollars, a string of exotic beauties, and
industry clout to develop his own projects. But Cowell’s
true reward is revenge.
Sweet
Revenge is the ultimate insider’s account of Simon
Cowell’s rise to fame—even as others plotted his
downfall—from his cheeky exploits as a British school lad to
his failures as a frustrated young music exec in London to
his explosive rivalry with Simon Fuller over the genesis of
the Idol franchise to the PR disaster that nearly
sunk his wildly successful show The X Factor.
Conducting more than 150 interviews with industry power
players, Cowell’s inner circle, and Cowell himself on a
private jet, chartered yacht, at his L.A. home, and on the
studio lot, Tom Bower pulls back the curtain on a man who is
at once insecure, ambitious, easily bored, vain, needy, and
driven, a man who will go to any limit to secure his
success. Cowell is also revealed as a loyal friend and
loving son. His father, to whom Cowell was particularly
close, became his most trusted adviser and mentor.
Packed with juicy details, exclusive interviews,
and never-before-revealed facts, Sweet Revenge
presents a complete picture of Simon Cowell that few
have ever seen.
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