{"product_id":"bowies-bookshelf-the-hundred-books-that-changed-david-bowies-life","title":"Bowie's Bookshelf: The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life","description":"“The only art I’ll ever study is stuff that I can steal from.” —David Bowie\n\nThree years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities. Discover them all in this “unconventional biography of an artist who helped define modern music and pop culture” (Mental Floss).\n\nIn 100 short essays, music journalist John O’Connell studies each book on Bowie’s list and contextualizes it in the artist’s life and work. How did the power imbued in a single suit of armor in The Iliad impact a man who loved costumes, shifting identity, and the siren song of the alter-ego? How did The Gnostic Gospels inform Bowie’s own hazy personal cosmology? How did the poems of T.S. Eliot and Frank O’Hara, the fiction of Vladimir Nabokov and Anthony Burgess, the comics of The Beano and The Viz, and the groundbreaking politics of James Baldwin influence Bowie’s lyrics, his sound, his artistic outlook? How did the 100 books on this list influence one of the most influential artists of a generation?\n\nTotally original, “entertaining, and informative” (Vogue), Bowie’s Bookshelf is one part epic reading guide and one part biography of a music legend.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1982112549\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGU900BZTJ_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:O'Connell, John\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41508874190906,"sku":"4EKGU900BZTJ_ns","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1982112549-0.jpg?v=1783371883","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/bowies-bookshelf-the-hundred-books-that-changed-david-bowies-life","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}