{"product_id":"bowie-odyssey-73","title":"Bowie Odyssey 73","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbsolutely unputdownable. You'll read it in one florid gulp' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e9\/10 Everett True, Classic Rock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBook by book, year by year, the ultimate literary trip through Bowie's greatest decade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is 1973. David Bowie is finally a superstar. All he has to do to remain there is to keep pretending he’s Ziggy Stardust, keep playing to thousands, keep selling to millions and keep on staying relatively sane …\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs glam rock crashes and burns in a sleazy scandal-ridden Britain, a world tour convinces David to make radical changes with devastating consequences for Ziggy, his fans and his band. However, his planned ‘retirement’ is anything but quiet – now a friend of the Jaggers, with more lovers than he can count on one hand, more appetites than he can satisfy with one nose and still more success. But at what cost?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContinuing his vivid real-time journey through the decade David changed pop forever, the fourth volume of the Bowie Odyssey series sees Simon Goddard mainline to the dark heart of Seventies sex, drugs and debauched rock’n’roll – a gripping, unsentimental portrait of inspiration, insanity and the thin line that divides.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Goddard's book-per-year series is so devotional and healthily delirious you can smell the greasepaint and hormones... Fantastic.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRecord Collector\u003c\/span\u003e, 5*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR THE BOWIE ODYSSEY SERIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'My god, it’s brilliant. A delicious romp.'\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e MIKE SCOTT, THE WATERBOYS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The best book written about its subject… Stupendous.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCLASSIC ROCK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The wonderful Bowie Odyssey series … Goddard’s prose is like an all-seeing eye.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRECORD COLLECTOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A full-on sensory immersion in Bowie’s universe.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The project's ambition is matched only by the sumptuousness of Goddard's writing... At times as I read \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBowie Odyssey 73\u003c\/span\u003e I felt like his shadow.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eChris Charlesworth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Omnibus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54804263960844,"sku":"9781913172817","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4105\/4988\/files\/9781913172817.jpg?v=1779573397","url":"https:\/\/sonicbookshop.co.uk\/products\/bowie-odyssey-73","provider":"Sonic Music Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}