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THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS NOVEMBER 2012<br />
Peppermint Twist<br />
The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the<br />
'60s<br />
John Johnson, Jr., and Joel Selvin with Dick Cami<br />
The never-before-told story of The Peppermint Lounge, the<br />
famed Manhattan nightspot and mobster hangout that<br />
launched an era<br />
TRUE CRIME / ORGANIZED<br />
CRIME<br />
Thomas Dunne <strong>Books</strong> | November 2012<br />
9780312581787 | $25.99/$29.99 Can.<br />
Hardback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 20<br />
9.25in H | 6.13in W<br />
Plus one 8-page b&w photo insert<br />
Other Available Formats:<br />
Ebook ISBN: 9781250013538<br />
MARKETING<br />
* Social Media Campaign<br />
* Online Promotion<br />
* Author Website: JoelSelvin.com<br />
* Available as Ebook: 978-1-250-01353-8<br />
The Peppermint Lounge was intended to be nothing more than a front for<br />
gambling and other rackets but the club became a sensation after Dick “Cami”<br />
Camillucci began to feature a new kind of music, rock and roll. The mobsters<br />
running the place found themselves juggling rebellious youths alongside celebrities<br />
like Greta Garbo and Shirley MacLaine. When The Beatles visited the<br />
club, Cami's uncle-in-law had to restrain a hitman who was after Ringo because<br />
his girlfriend was so infatuated with the drummer.<br />
Working with Dick Cami himself, Johnson and Selvin unveil this engrossing story<br />
of the go-go sixties and the club that inspired the classic hits "Twisting the Night<br />
Away" and "The Peppermint Twist."<br />
PRAISE<br />
"The Sopranos meets American Bandstand! I love it. The Peppermint Lounge is where<br />
it all started for me and the Ronettes.” —Ronnie Spector, The Ronettes<br />
JOHN JOHNSON, JR. is an award winning journalist and has worked for The Los Angeles Times<br />
for twenty-two years. JOEL SELVIN, co-author of the #1 bestseller Red: My Uncensored Life in<br />
Rock with Sammy Hagar, has covered pop music for the San Francisco Chronicle since 1970 and<br />
wrote the classic Summer of Love. Both reside in California.<br />
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