Dylan Jones

Gebundenes Buch

Wichita Lineman: Searching in the Sun for the World's Greatest Unfinished Song

Beschreibung

Jones' luminous excavation of Jimmy Webb's song "Wichita Lineman" offers a portal into a defining moment of American cultural history. Mixing close-listening, interviews and travelogue, Jones explores the legacy of a record that has entertained, perplexed, and haunted millions for over half a century.

Autor

Dylan Jones studied at Chelsea School of Art and St. Martin's School of Art. A former editor at i-D, The Face, Arena, the Observer and the Sunday Times, he is currently the Editor-In-Chief of GQ. He has won the British Society of Magazine Editors "Editor of the Year" award a record eleven times, and in 2013 was the recipient of the Mark Boxer Award. Under his editorship the magazine has won over 50 awards. He is the author of the Sunday Times best-seller David Bowie: A Life, and the New York Times best seller Jim Morrison: Dark Star. A trustee of the Hay Festival, in 2013 he was awarded an OBE for services to publishing.

Produktdetails

• Faber Social
• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 136mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780571353408
• ISBN-10: 0571353401
• Artikelnr.: 54677362