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Bowie: Loving the Alien

by Christopher Sandford

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Based on interviews with family members, colleagues, lovers, and the previously silent William Burroughs, this unsparing yet evenhanded biography guides the reader through the many personas, crises, and musical metamorphoses of David Bowie—also known as Davy Jones, the Laughing Gnome, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke, a drug-addled grandfather of punk, actor, art aficionado, political activist, one of rock's most resonant icons, and a totem of modern pop culture. Nowhere else is the man and musician so convincingly deconstructed and so compellingly humanized.

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"Based on interviews with family members, colleagues, lovers, and the previously silent William Burroughs, this unsparing yet evenhanded biography guides the reader through the many personas, crises, a"

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About the Author

Christopher Sandford, the biographer of Mick Jagger, Kurt Cobain, and Sting, is also the author of Bowie: Loving the Alien and Clapton: Edge of Darkness. He has reviewed and written about rock music for more than twenty years, for theTimes of London and other publications, and his books have been published in more than a dozen countries.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780306808548

Author:

Sandford, Christopher

Publisher:

Da Capo Press

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Biography

Subject:

Composers & Musicians - Rock

Subject:

Rock musicians

Subject:

Bowie, david, 1947-

Subject:

Rock musicians -- England -- Biography.

Subject:

Sociology - General

Subject:

Bowie, David

Subject:

Biography-Composers and Musicians

Edition Number:

1

Edition Description:

Trade Paper

Publication Date:

19980931

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

400

Dimensions:

7.75 x 4.88 in 15.5 oz

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Bowie: Loving the Alien New Trade Paper Christopher Sandford

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Product details 400 pages Da Capo Press - 1998-09-00 English 9780306808548 Reviews:

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"Based on interviews with family members, colleagues, lovers, and the previously silent William Burroughs, this unsparing yet evenhanded biography guides the reader through the many personas, crises, a"