Described by the New York Times as 'the only the Dylanologist worth reading', Clinton Heylin is the author of Bob Dylan behind the Shades (1991; rev. 2011) and over twenty books on music and popular culture. He lives in Somerset.
The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery * Oberver on The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 1 * Gripping... hugely impressive * The Times, Book of the Week, on The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 1 * Clinton Heylin is the éminence grise of Dylan scholars * Andrew Motion, Spectator, on The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 1 * Painstakingly detailed... informative and well organised * Financial Times on The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 1 * I can’t imagine anyone else poking, prodding and taking apart Dylan with as much forensic detail as Heylin has done here * The Times *