An Independent Book of the Month "A superb biography" William Boyd "(A) bold and enlightening
exploration of Bowie's later career. Sensitive witty and often very affecting" The Times " A
genuine must buy as rich in critical appraisal as it is in personal history ***** " Classic
Pop " An engrossing entertaining and informative read " Classic Rock A major new biography of
David Bowie on the 10th anniversary of his death exploring the second half of his career from
commercial failures to critical rebirth in the 21st century. When David Bowie died on 10
January 2016 aged 69 his death was greeted with the greatest display of public mourning since
Princess Diana three decades before. Twenty-five years before Bowie appeared to be washed up.
His Eighties career had been a slow descent into self-parody his attempts to diversify into
hard rock with the had been disastrous and the art-rock music with which he had made his name
was badly out of fashion. The Thin White Duke needed a miracle if he was not only going to be
able to assume his rightful place at the top of the rock music firmament but even to continue
his career. And a miracle - a resurrection from the dead - is precisely what happened. Lazarus:
The Second Coming of David Bowie is the first biography of Bowie that tells the full and candid
story of what happened in between those two apparently unbridgeable points. With new and
exclusive interviews with the musicians filmmakers and cultural figures who worked with and
befriended Bowie throughout this period Lazarus is the definitive account of the previously
overlooked and fascinating latter half of a great and distinguished career. A career that
climaxed with his final masterpiece Blackstar and the unprecedented theatrical flourish of
his departure from the stage as he passed into legend.
