A signed numbered limited 1st edition collection of short essays from music journalist John O'Connell based around the list David Bowie prepared a few years before his death of the 100 books and authors that had most influenced his life and incredible career.





'Bowie's Books - The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life ' published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London on 14 November 2019 as a trade edition, 1st edition, standard modern hardback, (xii) + 265 pages. 






Flat hand signed by John O'Connell at a special limitation page, an embossed stamp shows this copy is quite a low number being copy number 29 from the limited edition run of only 100 worldwide copies.


In fine unread condition, no dustjacket as issued, roundel sticker to front board.  The book comes with an exclusive promotional bookmark.








'What is your idea of perfect happiness?'   'Reading.'



'What is the quality you most like in a man?'   'The ability to return books.'




Three years before he died, David Bowie made a list of the one hundred books that had transformed his life - a list that formed something akin to an autobiography.  From Madame Bovary to A Clockwork Orange, the Iliad to the Beano, these were the publications that had fuelled his creativity and shaped who he was.



In Bowie's Books, John O'Connell explores this list in the form of one hundred short essays, each offering a perspective on the man, performer and creator that is Bowie, his work as an artist and the era that he lived in.



Brilliantly illustrated throughout and the perfect gift for Bowie fans and book lovers, Bowie's Books is much more than a list of books you should read in your lifetime: it is a unique insight into one of the greatest minds of our times, and an indispensable part of the legacy that Bowie left behind.







'Brilliant.  The unwritten Bowie book that needed writing '    CAITLIN MORAN




'Splendid.   Provides plenty of evidence of Bowie's restless, rummaging intelligence, and his pleasure in the fact that books allow readers to slip into someone else's skin and try it on for size '     THE TIMES













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