A review by pbobrit
David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones

5.0

I got this as a present and really loved this book. The format works so well, this is not a traditional biography but more of an oral history. The whole book is made up of interviews with people who knew and interacted with David Bowie throughout his life. From his days a school right up to his death. There are some interviews with the man himself but those are minimal. So what you end up with a beautifully unreliable history, that gives you a sense of what he must have been like but still leaving a lot up to personal interpretation, which I think was Bowie gave to his fans, the ability to interpret and reinterpret his artistic outputs. For fans of Bowie or anyone interested in an account of a life filled with art, this is definitely a great read.