Dan Davies,winner of the 2015 Gordon Burn prize, explains his long struggle to get to know the man behind the persona and write a true account of an appalling lifeJimmy Savile knew I wanted to write a book approximately him but over the six years I spent interviewing him – in encounters that lasted days at a time – he refused to even countenance the understanding. When I asked him why, and he replied: “I’d gain to spend all my time correcting what you’d got wrong.” Related: David Hare on Jimmy Savile: biography of the man who 'groomed a nation' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com