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Book SynopsisTo have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months after Elvis Presley ignited the rock era. As the songwriting half of Simon & Garfunkel, his work helped define the youth movement of the ''60s. On his own in the ''70s, Simon made radio-dominating hits. He kicked off the ''80s by reuniting with Garfunkel to perform for half a million New Yorkers in Central Park. Five years later, Simon''s album Graceland sold millions and spurred an international political controversy. And it doesn''t stop there.
The grandchild of Jewish immigrants from Hungary, the nearly 75-year-old singer-songwriter has not only sold more than 100 million records, won 15 Grammy awards and been installed into the Rock ''n'' Roll Hall of Fame twice, but has also animated the meaning and flexibility of personal and cultural identity in a rapidly shrinking world.
Simon has also lived one of th
Trade Review
Peter Ames Carlin's Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon is staggering in its breadth, a beautifully written chronicle of Paul Simon's long and winding road * Boston Globe *
Excellent ... It is the most comprehensive, and perceptive study of the man and his art to date * Choice *
Carlin's painstakingly researched account . . . reveals a man of infinite contradictions -- Jane Shilling * Daily Mail *
