{"product_id":"ray-davies-9780099554080","title":"Ray Davies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohnny Rogan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of over twenty books, including highly acclaimed biographies\/musical studies of the Byrds, the Smiths, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills, Nash \u0026amp; Young, John Lennon and Morrissey. His groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eStarmakers \u0026amp; Svengalis: The History Of British Pop Management\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted for a six-week BBC series. \u003ci\u003eMorrissey \u0026amp; Marr: The Severed Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the best-selling and most controversial rock biographies of its time, receiving various music biography of the year awards, and has been in print continuously for over twenty years. More recently, \u003ci\u003eVan Morrison: No Surrender \u003c\/i\u003ewas chosen by the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eas one of its Top 10 Music Books of the Year. He is currently completing an epic two-volume study, \u003ci\u003eByrds: Requiem For the Timeless\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs definitive a view of the man as anyone could hope for * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of the most interesting biographies, a troubled subject makes for a gripping read * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eRogan is exceptionally good at painting a picture of the moment he is exploring ... engrossing ... you're left with a sympathetic understanding of [Davies'] ways and motives * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eIt’s [Ray Davies’s] quirks that make him a worthy study, and Johnny Rogan is the man for the job, a writer renowned for going to extraordinary lengths to research his subjects … a social history as well as character study. Rogan illuminates the labyrinth of Swinging Sixties record labels, managers, bookers and pluggers, and spares no blushes in his depiction of the young Kinks * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eMasterfully teases out the warring impulses wrestling in [Davies’s] psyche … [Rogan is] adept at relating the social history of the 1950s and 1960s to Davies’s brooding character and lyric obsessions ... He uncovers psychological traumas everywhere and is fascinating on the bitchy rivalries between 1960s pop titans … Such tales make this ... oceanically researched biography go with a swing * Sunday Times *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732292120919,"sku":"9780099554080","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099554080.jpg?v=1719996292","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ray-davies-9780099554080","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}