The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s
&#8220;Meticulously researched&#8230;.A wonderful opportunity to reconsider rock&#8217;s greatest chameleon.&#8221; (Associated Press)&#8220;Packed with insight, a go-to text for anyone who wants to understanding what Doggett calls &#8216;the uncanny strangeness of the seventies Bowie,&#8217; and the creative process that led to his artistic breakthroughs.&#8221; (San Francisco Chronicle)&#8220;Explores themes in Bowie&#8217;s most inventive period - from sexual identity to the nature of fame. Doggett&#8217;s song-by-song analysis will make obsessive fans of the &#8216;Ziggy Stardust&#8217; days want to pull out their old vinyl.&#8221; (USA Today)&#8220;Details a decade of styles and influences of one of rock&#8217;s most enigmatic personalities&#8230;.A complete treat.&#8221; (Library Journal)&#8220;Meticulous&#8230;.A captivating look at an artist who defined an era.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly)&#8220;A thoughtful combination of critical observation and biographical digging&#8230;.Doggett&#8217;s sparkling work of biocriticism is full of entertaining anecdotes and flashes of insight.&#8221; (Booklist(starred review))&#8220;Astonishing and absorbing&#8230;Expertly unpicks this explosively creative time in Bowie&#8217;s life&#8230;. [Doggett intercuts] the individually tailored song biographies with essays on everything 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&#8217;s songs.&#8221; (RobFitzpatrick,Sunday Times(London))&#8220;Doggett&#8217;s previous book, You Never Give Me Your Money: the Battle for the Soul of the Beatles, was the perfect preparation for writing about both the Seventies and Bowie.&#8221; (TobyLitt,New Statesman)&#8220;There aren&#8217;t many writers who have the combination of classic-rock knowledge, reverence for an artist and sheer patience to successfully pull off this sort of project.&#8221; (Kirkus)