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''The only Lou Reed bio you need to read'' The Washington Post
One of Pitchfork''s ten best music books of 2023 A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023

''A monumental work filled with first-person accounts of the master''s life and a dizzying array of never-before heard details'' Michael Imperioli, author of The Perfume Burned His Eyes

The most complete and penetrating biography of the rock master, whose stature grows every year.

Since his death ten years ago, Lou Reed''s living presence has only grown. The great rock-poet presided over the marriage of Brill Building pop and the European avant-garde, and left American culture transfigured. In Lou Reed: The King of New York, Will Hermes offers the definitive narrative of Reed''s life and legacy, dramatizing his long, brilliant, and contentious dialogue with fans, critics, fellow artists, and assorted habitués of the demimonde.

Lou Reed

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 10 March 2024
      ISBN-13 9780241971635
      978-0241971635
      ISBN-10 0241971632
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      Non Fiction Biography Biography: arts and entertainment

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''The only Lou Reed bio you need to read'' The Washington Post
      One of Pitchfork''s ten best music books of 2023 A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023

      ''A monumental work filled with first-person accounts of the master''s life and a dizzying array of never-before heard details'' Michael Imperioli, author of The Perfume Burned His Eyes

      The most complete and penetrating biography of the rock master, whose stature grows every year.

      Since his death ten years ago, Lou Reed''s living presence has only grown. The great rock-poet presided over the marriage of Brill Building pop and the European avant-garde, and left American culture transfigured. In Lou Reed: The King of New York, Will Hermes offers the definitive narrative of Reed''s life and legacy, dramatizing his long, brilliant, and contentious dialogue with fans, critics, fellow artists, and assorted habitués of the demimonde.

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