PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
DAVID DALTON is a New York Times-bestselling author, founding editor of Rolling Stone, recipient of the Columbia School of Journalism Award, and winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Best Rock Book of the Year award for Faithfull. He has written some twenty-odd books, including biographies of James Dean, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Sid Vicious, the Rolling Stones, and, in 2009, a critically acclaimed biography of Andy Warhol, Pop. Dalton is the coauthor (with Jonathan Cott) of Get Back, the only book ever commissioned by the Beatles. He lives in upstate New York with his family and an assortment of llamas, horses, sheep, and a pig named Tiny (hint, he isn't).
[Dalton's] attempts at exposing, debunking, and celebrating the essence of Robert Zimmerman's Dylanness, and vice versa, make for an intriguing, often amusing, vision quest. Dylan's quirks, kinks, and inscrutability are fascinating fodder for endless interpretations. Dalton is entitled to his, and they're the opposite of dull. --Robin Finn, The New York Times Book Review Addictive reading... This approach would have crumbled in lesser hands, but Dalton does a stunningly good job. --Publishers Weekly, starred review All David Dalton's books are wonderful, but Who Is That Man? is especially insightful, funny, and beautifully written. --Marianne Faithfull Dalton's crazy poetic prose first caught my eye in Rolling Stone back in the day. Have loved his writing ever since. Oh yeaah! --Steven Tyler For all of the shelf-busting Dylan literature that's out there, it's rare that you find a book in which the music is discussed as adroitly as any aspect of the life... Dalton is a penetrating critic. --Colin Fleming, Washington Post Mr. Dalton, a founding editor of Rolling Stone, dates back so far in Dylan watching that he was all but present at the creation. He writes not just about Mr. Dylan but about what it's like to have lived in close psychic and musical proximity to him for so long. --Janet Maslin, The New York Times The first truly hip analysis of the ultimate hipster. --Lenny Kaye The mysteries of Bob Dylan captured in even-handed, never-boring fashion... This lively and literate attempt to read a half-century's worth of brain scans from a literal living legend strikes the right balance between admiration and skepticism. --Kirkus Reviews This is the best Dylan biography that I have ever read, and it kicks most of the others into a cocked hat. --Gonzo Daily
