Howard Sounes, author of biographies of Bob Dylan and Charles Bukowski, Fred and Rose, The Wicked Game and Seventies

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Howard Sounes

Welcome to the website of the author Howard Sounes, whose books include acclaimed biographies of Bob Dylan and Charles Bukowski; the true crime bestseller Fred & Rose; a history of golf, The Wicked Game; and Seventies, a cultural history of the 1970s.

Howard Sounes, who lives in London, appears regularly on television and radio. He can be contacted via this website. You may also read more about the author, his books, and see news about his work.

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Heist is a gripping account of a classic criminal caper: how a gang of bruisers and misfits led, allegedly, by a professional cage fighter, stole £53 million from a cash warehouse in Kent, creating a new world record. Exciting and hugely entertaining, Heist is the brilliant new true crime book from the author of Fred & Rose. Available now from Amazon.co.uk and all good book shops.

21 September 2009: Director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) wants to make a movie based on Howard Sounes' forthcoming book Heist, according to Variety. The book, which tells the story of the world's biggest cash robbery, and has taken three years to write, is under option to US production company XYZ.

15 October, 2008: Details are announced of an international publishing deal for a major new biography of Sir Paul McCartney, by Howard Sounes. Publishers Weekly and The Bookseller report that the biography will be published simultaneously in the UK, USA and Canada, with foreign language deals in place in Germany, Denmark, Holland and Finland.

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