Homeward Bound

The Life of Paul Simon

Peter Ames Carlin

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LITTLE BROWN US
31 October 2017

Music; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography: arts & entertainment

"To have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months after Elvis Presley ignited the rock era. As the songwriting half of Simon & Garfunkel, his work helped define the youth movement of the '60s. On his own in the '70s, Simon made radio-dominating hits. He kicked off the '80s by reuniting with Garfunkel to perform for half a million New Yorkers in Central Park. Five years later, Simon's album ""Graceland"" sold millions and spurred an international political controversy. And it doesn't stop there.

The grandchild of Jewish immigrants from Hungary, the nearly 75-year-old singer-songwriter has not only sold more than 100 million records, won 15 Grammy awards and been installed into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame twice, but has also animated the meaning and flexibility of personal and cultural identity in a rapidly shrinking world.

Simon has also lived one of the most vibrant lives of modern times; a story replete with tales of Carrie Fisher, Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Shelley Duvall, Nelson Mandela, the Grateful Dead, drugs, depression, marriage, divorce, and more. A life story with the scope and power of an epic novel, Carlin's HOMEWARD BOUND is the first major biography of one of the most influential popular artists in American history."

By: Peter Ames Carlin
Imprint: LITTLE BROWN US
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 342g
ISBN: 9781472125873
ISBN 10: 1472125878
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 31 October 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Ames Carlin is a writer and the author of several books, including Bruce, a biography of Bruce Springsteen published in 2012. Carlin has also been a free-lance journalist, a senior writer at People in New York City, and a television columnist and feature writer at The Oregonian in Portland. A regular speaker on music, art and popular culture, Carlin lives in Portland, Ore., with his wife and three children.

Reviews for Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon

Carlin's painstakingly researched account . . . reveals a man of infinite contradictions -- Jane Shilling * Daily Mail * Excellent ... It is the most comprehensive, and perceptive study of the man and his art to date * Choice * Peter Ames Carlin's Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon is staggering in its breadth, a beautifully written chronicle of Paul Simon's long and winding road * Boston Globe *