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Ted Lewis (15 January 1940 – 27 March 1982) [1] was a British writer known for his crime fiction . Early life. Alfred Edward Lewis was born in Stretford, Manchester and was an only child. In 1946, the family moved to Barton-upon-Humber in Lincolnshire.
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 · Ted Lewis had been sucked into a spiral of alcohol dependence. He was separated from his wife and family and, despite the fame afforded him by the success of Get Carter, had returned to north Lincolnshire, and was living with his mother in Scunthorpe, where he died in 1982.
Ted Lewis has 38 books on Goodreads with 6934 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.
Discover the works of Ted Lewis, the renowned author of Get Carter, at The Ted Lewis Centre. Explore our documentary on Ted Lewis and his influential works.
