X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography

Davies, Ray

ISBN 10: 0140145273 / ISBN 13: 9780140145274

Edité par Penguin, 1995

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography
• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0140145273
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780140145274
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

This is the supposed biography of Ray Davies of the Kinks. The biographer is a nameless, faceless writer on his first assignment who has been given the task of capturing the essence of Ray Davies. There is more to this book than meets the eye however. It is part autobiography, part social history and part psychological thriller. The challenge lies in discovering where fiction ends and the truth begins.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The shocking and edgy memoirs of a dedicated enemy of fashion and the lead singer of The Kinks. 

This subversively brilliant, one-of-a-kind rock autobiography ingeniously styled as a biography, is written by a nameless, faceless writer hired by an Orwellian entity called "the Corporation" to capture the essence of Ray Davies, lead singer and songwriter of The Kinks and one of the greatest rock and rollers of all time. The Kinks front man reveals his life and times to the young writer, often seemingly passing his stories directly into the writer's consciousness. Carnaby Street, "Top of the Pops," the Cavern Club, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and other fixtures of the times fade in and out of this compelling narrative. Part autobiography, part social history, part psychological thriller, this elusive and daring book exposes rock stardom as the heaven, hell, and purgatory it is.