THE DOUBLE LIFE OF BOB DYLAN VOLUME 2:
1966-2021: ‘FAR AWAY FROM MYSELF’

    The second volume of Clinton Heylin's magisterial biography takes us from Dylan's creative peak in the 1960s to the present day. We meet a man who is determined to confound expectations; yet whatever he does only seems to confirm his iconic status to fans and critics alike.
    It's a time of peaks and troughs. There are long periods of writer's block followed by sudden bursts of creativity that produce some of the best work of his career. There is the chaotic recording process, with Dylan often including on his albums the worst takes and leaving off the best songs altogether. There is the Neverending Tour, during which he reinvents his songbook on a nightly basis, often without recognition. But then there are the albums and songs that reveal the genius of an artist whose lyrics draw on centuries of American culture but who refuses to be shackled to his own past..

Bodley Head, September 28, 2023. Hardcover, ISBN 9781847925893