Frank
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From the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test comes a characteristically humorous story of a musician on the margins. In Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie, Jon Ronson reflects on his days playing keyboard for the Frank Sidebottom Oh Blimey Big Band. Frank Sidebottom, best known for performing with a big fake head with a cartoon face painted on it, was a cult favorite in the United Kingdom and is the subject of the new movie Frank, co-written by Ronson and starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Domhnall Gleeson.
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Less of a novel and more of a companion, this book gives insight to the factual events that inspired the incredible movie. This explains the events in a less cinematic way, and provides explanations to the changes that were made. The film portrays Frank as an ever-present figure, while in real life he was a persona worn by Chris Sievey. The film took many artistic liberties to avoid the trappings of a standard biopic, and excluded events that would have detracted from the point. Those events, including the fact that Chris passed away before the film's release, are included in this text. I am a devout fan of the film, and I recommend it to all struggling artists who are afraid to fit in with the mainstream.
