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Bowie's books : the hundred literary heroes who changed his life

by John O'Connell, Luis Paadín

This volume examines the one hundred books David Bowie identified as the most significant influences on his life and work. Essays analyse how these texts informed his creative development and artistic identity.

Accession 15682 ISBN 9781526605801 Publisher Bloomsbury
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David Bowie once said that his idea of perfect happiness was reading. Three years before he died, he made a list of the one hundred books that had transformed his life. In Bowie's Books, John O'Connell explores this list in the form of one hundred short essays. --blurb

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