David Bowie

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<p><b>** Shortlisted for the<i>NME</i>Best Music Book Award 2018</b>** <b>THE<i>SUNDAY TIMES</i>BESTSELLER</b> <b>A<i>TIMES</i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b> <b></b><b>A<i>GUARDIAN</i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b> <b>A<i>HERALD</i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b> <b>AN<i>IRISH INDEPENDENT</i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b></p><p><b>'The definitive book on Bowie'<i>The Times</i></b></p><p>Drawn from a series of conversations between David Bowie and Dylan Jones across three decades, together with over 180 interviews with friends, rivals, lovers, and collaborators - some of whom have never before spoken about their relationship with Bowie - this oral history is an intimate portrait of a remarkable rise to stardom and one of the most fascinating lives of our time.</p><p>Profoundly shaped by his relationship with his schizophrenic half-brother Terry, Bowie was a man of intense relationships that often came to abrupt ends. He was a social creature, equally comfortable partying with John Lennon and dining with Frank Sinatra, and in Dylan Jones's telling - by turns insightful and salacious - we see as intimate a portrait as could possibly be drawn.</p><p>Including illuminating, never-before-seen material from Bowie himself, drawn from a series of Joness interviews with him across three decades, DAVID BOWIE is an epic, unforgettable cocktail-party conversation about a man whose enigmatic shapeshifting and irrepressible creativity produced one of the most sprawling, fascinating lives of our time.</p><p><b>***NOW REVISED AND EXPANDED***</b></p>

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Dylan Jones is the multi-award winning editor of<i>GQ</i>magazine.He has been an editor at<i>i-D</i>magazine,<i>The Face</i>,<i>Arena</i>, the<i>Observer</i>and the<i>Sunday Times</i>. He is a Trustee of the Hay Festival, a board member of the Norman Mailer Foundation and was awarded an OBE in 2013 for services to publishing. He has written twenty books including the critically aclaimed<i>When Ziggy Played Guitar</i>and<i>From the Ground Up,</i>U2's celebration of their record-breaking 360° tour.

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