The only Lou Reed bio you need to read The Washington PostOne of Pitchforks ten best music books of 2023 | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023A monumental work filled with firstperson accounts of the masters life and a dizzying array of neverbefore heard details Michael Imperioli, author of The Perfume Burned His Eyes The most complete and penetrating biography of the rock master, whose stature grows every year.Since his death ten years ago, Lou Reeds living presence has only grown. The great rockpoet presided over the marriage of Brill Building pop and the European avantgarde, and left American culture transfigured. In Lou Reed The King of New York, Will Hermes offers the definitive narrative of Reeds life and legacy, dramatizing his long, brilliant, and contentious dialogue with fans, critics, fellow artists, and assorted habitus of the demimonde. We witness Reeds complex partnerships with David Bowie, Andy Warhol, John Cale, and Laurie Anderson track the deadpan wit, streetsmart edge, and poetic flights that defined his craft as a singer and songwriter with the Velvet Underground and beyond and explore the artistic ambition and gift for selfsabotage he took from his mentor Delmore Schwartz. As Hermes follows Reed from Lower East Side coldwater flats to the landmark status he later achieved, he also tells the story of New York City as a cultural capital. The first biographer to draw on the New York Public Librarys muchpublicized Reed archive, Hermes employs...

Binding: Hardback;400 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGF; Weight: 916 g; Dimensions: 165 x 245 x 43

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