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Bowie Odyssey 75

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Book by book, year by year, the ultimate literary trip through Bowies greatest decade.

With his first starring role in a feature film and his first number 1s on both sides of the Atlantic, 1975 ought to be David Bowies golden year. But away from the spotlight the suave soul boy of Young Americans is tumbling into a self-made hell of cocaine, witchcraft and the dark fantasies of his new fascist alter-ego, the Thin White Duke.

As David goes berserk in the Hollywood hills, back in the Britain hes forsaken theres a Nazi-crazed murderer stalking the streets where he was born, a masked rapist at large and a power-mad grocers daughter on the rise, while sappy nostalgia grinds pop to a standstill. But there are also restless scamps hanging around a certain Kings Road clothes shop, and Davids own drug-fuelled genius daring him to make the album of his life. The Seventies are about to reignite with a bang.

The sixth volume in Simon Goddards epic adventure through Bowies greatest decade, Bowie Odyssey 75 is an intricately plotted tour de force of rocknroll, crime, punishment, politics, punk - and a cautionary tale of tragicomic addiction.

Simon Goddard is the author of eleven books about pop music including the six volumes of his ongoing Bowie Odyssey series. His previous titles have made the Best-of-Year book lists of the Sunday Times, Mojo and Q magazine.

Praise for Simon Goddards Bowie Odyssey series:

"The latest instalment in Simon Goddards scintillating series of yearly David Bowie check-ins finds its subject at a crossroads... Goddards exquisite writing style elevates his story. Bowie Odyssey 74 is an integral addition to the story so far" Classic Pop, 4.5*

"Funny, poignant, intriguing, full of mischief, a brilliant piece of work. It might be my favourite Bowie book ever." Marc Riley, BBC Radio

"Another year, another triumph for the authors vivid, provocative meditation on Bowies 70s. Almost hallucinatory in the telling, this book, like its predecessors, is unputdownable." MOJO

"Bowies high-wire act is masterfully drawn" Record Collector

"Bowies lucid madness and wild ambition is in full effect . . . Absolutely unputdownable." Classic Rock

"Fantastic year-by-year epic . . . So devotional and healthily delirious you can smell the greasepaint and the hormones." Record Collector

"A full-on sensory immersion in Bowies universe." Sunday Times

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