The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s - Softcover

Doggett, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062024663 ISBN 13: 9780062024664

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2013

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Review:

"Explores themes in Bowie's most inventive period - from sexual identity to the nature of fame. Doggett's song-by-song analysis will make obsessive fans of the 'Ziggy Stardust' days want to pull out their old vinyl."--USA Today

"Packed with insight, a go-to text for anyone who wants to understanding what Doggett calls 'the uncanny strangeness of the seventies Bowie, ' and the creative process that led to his artistic breakthroughs."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Details a decade of styles and influences of one of rock's most enigmatic personalities....A complete treat."--Library Journal

"Meticulous....A captivating look at an artist who defined an era."--Publishers Weekly

"A thoughtful combination of critical observation and biographical digging....Doggett's sparkling work of biocriticism is full of entertaining anecdotes and flashes of insight."--Booklist (starred review)

"Astonishing and absorbing...Expertly unpicks this explosively creative time in Bowie's life.... [Doggett intercuts] the individually tailored song biographies with essays on everything from glam rock, minimalism and punk, to radical left-wing politics, music video and a mass of other subjects that helped shape the ideas behind Bowie's songs."--Rob Fitzpatrick, Sunday Times (London)

"Doggett's previous book, You Never Give Me Your Money: the Battle for the Soul of the Beatles, was the perfect preparation for writing about both the Seventies and Bowie."--Toby Litt, New Statesman

"Meticulously researched....A wonderful opportunity to reconsider rock's greatest chameleon."--Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers

"There aren't many writers who have the combination of classic-rock knowledge, reverence for an artist and sheer patience to successfully pull off this sort of project."--Kirkus Reviews

Book Description:

Brilliant musical critique; biographical insight and acute cultural analysis, The Man Who Sold The World is a unique study of David Bowie and the 1970s.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062024663
• ISBN 13: 9780062024664
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512