![]() ![]() The title of this book perplexed me at first, because, as an American, Dylan is usually in America – at least when he’s not touring the world. When he discovered this book was the newest offering in the ever-growing mountain of books about the ever-changing and arguably greatest poet-troubadour-cult-hero-narrator-visionary-songwriter of the past 40 years, he grew quite excited and snatched it from my hands. “You’ve got taste,” he informed me, when he saw that I was reading Wilentz’s Bob Dylan in America, an act of scholarly and reverential devotion, and another attempt to interpret and understand the enigma of Dylan and his songs. ![]() So why this one? What does Sean Wilentz’s offering tell us – about anything? Is Dylan even still relevant?Ī man in the carriage of the Glasgow-bound commuter train the other morning certainly thought so and was intrigued by the latest Dylan biography in my hands. literally.Ī quick online search for books about Bob Dylan claims that an astonishing 1532 works are currently available, and that’s most likely the tip of the iceberg. The latest book on the legendary singer brings it all back home. ![]()
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