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Smile for the Camera : The Double Life of Cyril Smith by Simon Danczuk and Matthew Baker is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Smile for the Camera : The Double Life of Cyril Smith about?
No politician pandered to the media's appetite for personality more than Liberal MP Cyril Smith. Instantly recognisable for his colossal build, Smith was a larger-than-life character in a world of dull grey men. Yet 'Big Cyril' was anything but the roly-poly gentle giant of popular imagination.In November 2012, Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk outed Smith in Parliament as a serial child abuser. Now, in this devastating expose, he describes how Smith used his profile to groom and sexually abuse young boys, frequently in institutions he had helped to establish. His victims, often troubled boys from broken homes, had no voice against their attacker and, though rumours abounded, Smith's appalling crimes went unnoticed by the public and unpunished by the authorities.Smile for the Camera is not just about a terrible abuse of power. It's about those who knew that abuse was taking place but looked the other way, making the corridors of Westminster a safe haven for paedophiles like Cyril Smith.This updated edition of the book that sparked a criminal investigation brings shocking new material to light, asking urgent questions of those who allowed Smith to prey on young children for decades without
Who reads Smile for the Camera : The Double Life of Cyril Smith?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Simon Danczuk and Matthew Baker
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781849547307
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, Political Science, Family & Relationships
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (412 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14