Hero: David Bowie, by Lesley-Ann Jones

To say that David Bowie was a chameleon musician is something too hackneyed. But you have to start with something to define geniuses.

Continuing with that first sketch, let's consider the human being himself. Bowie's presence was a cool thing in itself. His appearances in movies or his going on stage already offered that magnetic point of those who walk the world touched by the wand.

Let's bringing color to Bowie's sketch with his undeniable creativity. Beyond his overwhelming presence, the guy created very good music, a repertoire of eternal songs that seemed born of psychedelia (an impression reinforced by his unclassifiable tone of voice) and that ended up being drawn as songs of great choruses that were hardly heard sentenced its quality as a pop masterpiece.

In the end, the genius as a character, especially in the case of Bowie, ends up perfectly camouflaged with that, with his character, with his role. Perhaps with a point of willfulness so as not to show his most "normal" part. But of course, there is an inner part that those closest to you can bear witness to. Beyond the impressions of devotees and fans, who could qualify any of his public appearances as divine; his family and friends, other artists, the people who accompanied him behind the scenes offer in this book the drawing of the person behind the genius.

Among so many people around Bowie, the personality of the genius ends up being outlined. What shaped his way of being, what endowed him with the necessary background to create music, to paint his pictures. And you already know that creation usually has its outstanding debts with stormy spaces in love or in the past.

To read this book is to know more about one of the great musicians in history.

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