From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads

A Bowie Odyssey

James Briggs (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2025
Icon Books (Verlag)
978-1-83773-311-8 (ISBN)

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James Briggs had never known what David Bowie's Life on Mars? meant. And twenty-five years later with a career stealing his soul, a relationship in stasis and a hairline in furious retreat, life on earth had him cornered.

So when a lightning bolt of inspiration strikes, he leaves everything behind to cycle one of the song's lyrics, 'From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads' to discover what life, love and Life on Mars? really mean.

What followed was life-affirming, inspirational and often hilarious. Criss-crossing Europe, he visited French chateaus where Bowie recorded, Spanish Olympic stadiums he played, former communist states where his music was banned, and the Berlin Wall he helped topple - all while navigating angry Soviet ballerinas, suspicious village mayors, and an irate Cliff Richard fan.

James found kindred spirits and a new love (and occasionally hatred) for cycling as he discovered what happens when, instead of following the crowd, you follow the lyrics and music of the greatest artist of the 20th century. As the world reconsiders its priorities, From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is a clarion call to embrace the strange, blaze your own path, and live as fearlessly as the Starman himself.

James Briggs is a writer specialising in music and travel who has written for the Guardian, the Irish Times and various travel magazines. A lifelong David Bowie fan, From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is his first book. Originally from Somerset, he now lives in London.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2025
Verlagsort	Duxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-83773-311-2 / 1837733112
ISBN-13	978-1-83773-311-8 / 9781837733118
Zustand	Neuware