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Title: Definitive
Review: Punchy prose. Packed with new info. Extraordinary research job. Exhaustive source notes. Great photos. With all that going for it, this stands as the definitive Dylan biography - at least as far as regular readers are concerned. It gives the whole story, just just one part, and does so in a style that is easy and pleasurable to read. Also, Bobby D is placed in historical and cultural context - from the Grand Ole Opry thru to endorsing the Apple iMac. Forty years of history pass by like a July 4th parade - all the characters from the Beats to President Clinton to the Grateful Dead, punk music the lot. This is the first Dylan book I've read that tells me what this guy is like in his private life, and that's always been fascinating and elusive. Never a dull moment.
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