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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
Ted Lewis has 38 books on Goodreads with 6934 ratings. Ted Lewis’s most popular book is Get Carter (Jack Carter, #1).
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.
Celebrating the Legacy of North Lincolnshire Novelist and Artist, Ted Lewis, Father of British Noir. Not just a pile of books, here you can discover the art, eventful life and times of of author Ted Lewis who wrote Get Carter which is regarded as the best British gangster film of all time.
Ted Lewis (1940–1982) was a British author best known for his crime novels, particularly those featuring the anti-hero Jack Carter. His most famous work, 'Get Carter', has been adapted into several films and is considered a classic of the crime genre.
