Man Who Sold the World

Astonishing and absorbing...from glam rock minimalism and punk to radical left-wing politics music video and a mass of other subjects that helped shape the ideas behind Bowie's songs.<br />--<em>Sunday Times</em> (London)<br /> <br /><em>The Man Who Sold the World</em> by Peter Doggett--author of the critically acclaimed Beatles biography <em>You Never Give Me Your Money</em>--is a song-by-song chronicle of the evolution of David Bowie. Focusing on the work and the life of one of the most groundbreaking figures in music and popular culture during the turbulent seventies Bowie's most productive and innovative period <em>The Man Who Sold the World</em> is the book that serious rock music lovers have been waiting for. By exploring Bowie's individual achievements and breakthroughs one-by-one Doggett paints a fascinating portrait of the performer who paved the way for a host of fearless contemporary artists from Radiohead to Lady Gaga.<br />