David Bowie: A Life

By Dylan Jones

Categories: Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs

David Bowie: A Life (2017) is an oral biography of the musician, compiled and edited by British journalist Dylan Jones from the recollections of more than 180 friends, rivals, lovers and collaborators. Arranged chronologically, the voices follow Bowie from his suburban childhood in Bromley and early bands through Ziggy Stardust, his years in Los Angeles and Berlin, his commercial peak in the 1980s and his later life in New York, including his final album, Blackstar.

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