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.
Peter Doggett's books include The Art and Music of John Lennon; a volume detailing the creation of the Beatles' Let It Be and Abbey Road albums; the pioneering study of the collision between rock and country music, Are You Ready for the Country? and, most recently, There's a Riot Going On: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars and the Rise and Fall of 60s Counter-culture.
A forensic examination of his most prolific period... Doggett
exhaustively chases Bowie's inspirations and intentions as he
morphs from the gender-bending glam rock Ziggy Stardust to the
plastic soul-spinning Thin White Duke.
*Telegraph*
What he has delivered here is an astonishing and absorbing work
that expertly unpicks this explosively creative time in Bowie's
life... Ultimately, Doggett's insight and enthusiasm should send
you back to the music. If you do so the book will ensure you
experience something entirely new.
*Sunday Times*
His potted history of Bowie's early years is an exemplary
introduction to a star in the making and he's excellent at placing
the sexuality-stretching Bowie within the context of a decade
struggling to find it identity at the fag end of the free-loving
1960's.
*Metro*
Peter Doggett's insightful homage to Ziggy and Bowie's life.
*Monocle*
A book of substance that compels you to listen to Bowie's
best-known songs a fresh and his less obvious songs anew.
*Time Out*
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