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Peter Ormerod is a journalist and writer who has written extensively about culture and faith for the Guardian. Peter is also an arts editor for NationalWorld. He has a lifelong fascination with religion, having been raised in a clergy family.
Ormerod has written one of the best and most original books of those published to mark a decade since Bowie’s death from cancer in January 2016... The Bowie you thought you knew is recast completely. -- Helen Barrett * The Spectator * Ormerod deals with Bowie as text; as the occasion for close reading, which I think is what his work, like all good art, deserves. By the end Ormerod had me singing in the choir with him. -- Simon Critchley * the Guardian * A fresh and revealing look at a much celebrated artist. * Publishers Weekly * Peter Ormerod’s book is a monumental, compelling, and profoundly original study of David Bowie’s spiritual and religious ideas, inspirations and meditations. Bowie always had a search for meaning at the centre of his music. There was a spiritual muse which both grounded his ideas and guided the way to a transcendent realm, more real than the mundane suburbia of his younger days. For anyone whose life was transformed by Bowie’s music, or who wishes to gain an understanding of the deeper ramifications of Bowie’s ideas, then this wonderful book is essential reading. * Dr Paul Fuller, Lecturer in Buddhist Studies, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh * Who knew we needed another Bowie book? This thoughtful deep dive into the artist’s spiritual curiosity traces how faith, mysticism and doubt shapes his music. * the I Paper * What Ormerod provides here is a welcome addition to the heaving Bowie library. This search for enlightenment is patently what gives [Bowie's] music that otherworldly power. -- Martin Robinson * The Standard * Insightful, thoughtful and engaging, David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God enriches our understanding of Bowie’s art by placing faith, doubt and transcendence at its core. * Voice * Ormerod so ably demonstrates...that “in searching for God, Bowie made art that shook the world and changed lives. -- Peter Carty * The i Paper * Of the recent glut of Bowie books, this one about the rock star’s spiritual journey is the most intriguing. * The Scotsman * Peter Ormerod’s book is the first to approach the musician’s career from a perspective that Bowie himself believed was crucial to his work: his spirituality.’ * Church Times * Monumental. * Warwickshire World * A wild journey...unique. * Booklist * A highly readable biographical overview. * Los Angeles Review of Books *
