The Age of Bowie: How David Bowie Made a World of Difference

Morley, Paul

ISBN 10: 1471148084 / ISBN 13: 9781471148088

Published by Simon & Schuster UK, 2016

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INSCRIBED COPY. Simon & Schuster, London, 2016. Hardcover. First edition, first impression. Complete numberline to copyright page. Author's inscription to title page. Pale orange cloth. Black lettering and black publisher's device to spine. Illustrated in one section with colour and black and white plates. Dustjacket. Small indentation to spine. 1 cm closed tear to bottom edge of front panel of dustjacket. Top and bottom edges of dustjacket show some signs of wear. A very good copy in a very good dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 1760

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Title: The Age of Bowie: How David Bowie Made a ...

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Publication Date: 2016

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'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.
Respected arts commentator Paul Morley, one of the team who curated the highly successful retrospective exhibition for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, David Bowie Is . . . constructs 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 of course, discuss in detail his much-heralded, and critically-acclaimed comeback with the release of Black Star just days before his shocking death in New York. 
    Morley will offer a startling biographical critique of David Bowie’s legacy, showing how he never stayed still even when he withdrew from the spotlight, how he always knew his own worth, and released a dazzling plethora of mobile Bowies into the world with a bloody-minded determination and a voluptuous imagination to create something amazing that was not there before.

About the Author:

Writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic PAUL MORLEY has written about music, art, and entertainment since the 1970s. A founding member of the electronic collective Art of Noise and a member of staff at the Royal Academy of Music, he is the author of Ask: Chatter of Pop; Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City; Piece by Piece: Writing About Joy Division 1977–2007; Earthbound; The North; and Nothing, and he collaborated with music icon Grace Jones on her memoir, I'll Never Write My Memoirs.