About this episode

Alexander Larman discusses his biography of David Bowie, exploring the artist's final years and creative output.

From mockery to global mourning, the last 30 years of David Bowie's life were a creative whirlwind of hits, misses, films and side projects that culminated in two remarkable albums in the years before his death in 2016. Alexander Larman joins us to convince you buy his new Bowie biography, Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie, and he only has 15 minutes to do it. Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub Buy Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us! UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16621/9781917923446 US Link: https://bookshop.org/a/118682/9798897100804 Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below: (UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub (US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub Watch the video version…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex Churchill, Matt Bone

Guest: Alexander Larman

Topics covered

• David Bowie
• biography
• music history
• creative process
• interview

Keywords

• David Bowie
• biography
• Lazarus
• music
• interview
• creative whirlwind
• Patreon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Bookshop.org

Books & works: Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie

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