Bowie: The Biography
by Wendy Leigh /
2015 / English / PDF
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Discover the man behind the myth in this new biography of one of
the most pioneering and influential performers of our time—David
Bowie.
Discover the man behind the myth in this new biography of one of
the most pioneering and influential performers of our time—David
Bowie.
David Bowie—the iconic superstar of rock, fashion, art, design,
and the quintessential sexual liberator—is a living legend.
However, for the past five decades, he has managed to retain his
Hollywood star mystique. Now,
David Bowie—the iconic superstar of rock, fashion, art, design,
and the quintessential sexual liberator—is a living legend.
However, for the past five decades, he has managed to retain his
Hollywood star mystique. Now,New York Times
New York Times bestselling
author Wendy Leigh reveals the real man behind the mythology.
Through scores of interviews with Bowie’s lovers (both male and
female), his girlfriends, business associates, groupies, and band
members, Leigh, who grew up just a mile from where Bowie was born
and went to school, has written an intimate biography of rock’s
greatest enigma.
bestselling
author Wendy Leigh reveals the real man behind the mythology.
Through scores of interviews with Bowie’s lovers (both male and
female), his girlfriends, business associates, groupies, and band
members, Leigh, who grew up just a mile from where Bowie was born
and went to school, has written an intimate biography of rock’s
greatest enigma.
In an unexpurgated exploration of Bowie’s kaleidoscopic personal
life, she reveals his star-crossed inheritance—his mother was
once an acolyte of the British Fascist party; his father, the PR
genius who masterminded his early career—in a dramatic contrast
to those family members grappling with mental illness, fears that
would haunt Bowie for most of his life.
In an unexpurgated exploration of Bowie’s kaleidoscopic personal
life, she reveals his star-crossed inheritance—his mother was
once an acolyte of the British Fascist party; his father, the PR
genius who masterminded his early career—in a dramatic contrast
to those family members grappling with mental illness, fears that
would haunt Bowie for most of his life.
Above all, there is Bowie’s hard-won rise to fame and fortune,
his astounding creativity, his courage as a performer, and his
shape-shifting style, coupled with a ruthless ambition that
caused him to submit to the casting couch on his way to the top.
In the process, Leigh tells of Bowie’s strong bond with John
Lennon, his love/hate relationship with Mick Jagger, his male
sexual partners, and his women, as disparate as Elizabeth Taylor,
Susan Sarandon, Tina Turner, Marianne Faithful, Nina Simone, and
most notable, his marriage to Iman, which has lasted for the past
quarter of a century.
Above all, there is Bowie’s hard-won rise to fame and fortune,
his astounding creativity, his courage as a performer, and his
shape-shifting style, coupled with a ruthless ambition that
caused him to submit to the casting couch on his way to the top.
In the process, Leigh tells of Bowie’s strong bond with John
Lennon, his love/hate relationship with Mick Jagger, his male
sexual partners, and his women, as disparate as Elizabeth Taylor,
Susan Sarandon, Tina Turner, Marianne Faithful, Nina Simone, and
most notable, his marriage to Iman, which has lasted for the past
quarter of a century.
This biography is a once-in-a-lifetime look at the iconic
superstar who changed the world.
This biography is a once-in-a-lifetime look at the iconic
superstar who changed the world.