The The Awfully Big Adventure by Paul Morley

The The Awfully Big Adventure by Paul Morley

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Paul Morley's short biographical portrait of Michael Jackson looks at how we turned the most outrageous child star talent of the late 20th century into a monster; This is a rare piece of pop cultural alchemy that cuts through the myth in a way that only a writer as great as Paul Morley could do.

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The The Awfully Big Adventure by Paul Morley

Paul Morley's short biographical portrait of Michael Jackson looks at how we turned the most outrageous child star talent of the late 20th century into a monster; This is a rare piece of pop cultural alchemy that cuts through the myth in a way that only a writer as great as Paul Morley could do.
Writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic Paul Morley has written about music, art, and entertainment since the 1970s. He wrote for the New Musical Express from 1977 to 1983 and has also been a band manager as well as a television presenter. A founding member of the electronic collective Art of Noise and a member of staff at the Royal Academy of Music, Morley is the author of Ask: Chatter of Pop; Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City; Piece by Piece: Writing About Joy Division 1977-2007; Earthbound; The North; and Nothing,while he also collaborated with Grace Jones on her memoir, I'll Never Write My Memoirs. Morley's most recent book is the Sunday Times bestseller and Radio 4 Book of the Week The Age of Bowie.
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ISBN 13 9780571350049
ISBN 10 0571350046
Title The The Awfully Big Adventure
Author Paul Morley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2019-03-07
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.