Town Called Malice artists spanning a number of genres: Town Called Malice "Town Called Malice" is a song recorded by British band the Jam from the album "The Gift". It debuted at number one in the UK Singles Chart in February 1982. The title is a play on the 1950 Nevil Shute novel "A Town Like Alice," although Paul Weller says he had not read the book at the time. It was a double A-side single release featuring "Precious" as the flip side. A 12" version was also available with a live version of "Town Called Malice" backed by an extended version of
Alice James I knew neither hope nor peace.” Anna Robeson Brown Burr wrote a biography, "Alice James, Her Brothers – Her Journal" (1934). Jean Strouse published what has become the standard life ("Alice James: a Biography") in 1980. Strouse steered something of a middle course between Alice-as-icon and Alice-as-victim. Ruth Yeazell published James' correspondence in "The Death and Letters of Alice James" (1981). Susan Sontag wrote a play about James, "Alice in Bed" (1993), which seems to waver between sympathy and impatience with its subject. More recently, Lynne Alexander wrote a sympathetic novel about Alice James, "The Sister" (2012). Alice James Alice