{"product_id":"the-age-of-bowie-9781471148118","title":"The Age of Bowie","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A handsome six footer with a warm and engaging personality, Davie Jones has all it takes to get to the show business heights including . . . talent.' David Bowie at 17 in May, 1964 writing his own press biography.\u003cbr\u003e Respected arts commentator Paul Morley, one of the team who curated the highly successful retrospective exhibition for the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum in London, \u003ci\u003eDavid Bowie Is . . . \u003c\/i\u003econstructs the definitive story of Bowie that explores how he worked, played, aged, structured his ideas, invented the future and entered history as someone who could and would never be forgotten. Morley will capture the greatest moments of Bowie’s career; from the recording studio with the likes of Brian Eno and Tony Visconti; to iconic live performances from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, as well as the various encounters and artistic relationships he developed with rock luminaries John Lennon, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. And\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A thrilling hymn to a brilliant and beloved “song and dance man”. David Bowie did make a world of difference, and Paul Morley explains why.’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  -- Barney Hoskyns * The Observer *\u003cbr\u003e‘Morley has a deep understanding of Bowie’s music . . . this is great fun.’  * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e‘A huge sprawl of Bowieania that takes us from skiffle to social media’  * The Herald *\u003cbr\u003e‘A discursive, free-associating ride across the life and work of the Starman Who Changed the World […] \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Bowie\u003c\/i\u003e does feel like an outpouring of the sincerest love for its subject, the fruit of an obsessive emersion of everything Bowie meant to him and us. Eschewing the conventionally dry biographical voice, Morley’s expansive present-tense prose flows […] I hold him to be one of the great pop writers. You might even call him the Bowie of rock journalism.’  * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e‘Morley has not only plenty of insights into Bowie’s life and work but also the kind of details that only a diligent biographer unearths’  * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e‘Ultimately it is Bowie that makes this an enjoyable read, his life and art speak so loudly and profoundly that if you capture just a piece, as Morley has, you have something worth reading.’ * Fortitude Magazine *\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408685670743,"sku":"9781471148118","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781471148118.jpg?v=1730503810","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-age-of-bowie-9781471148118","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}