Paul Simon: The Life-Robert Hilburn, 9781471174209

Name: Paul Simon: The Life-Robert Hilburn, 9781471174209
Brand: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Simon & Schuster Ltd

Paul SimonThe Life\nAuthor(s): Robert Hilburn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781471174209, 978-1471174209\nSynopsis\nThe TimesBook of the Year\n\n 'Theres no tougher a mind, no more tender a voice than PaulSimon, and theres no better man than Robert Hilburn to decipher the hardwiring ofthis hyperintellect...great songs can never be fully explained, but the great man on his way to findthose songs surely can.' Bono\n\n Through such hits as The Sound of Silence, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Still Crazy After All These Years, and Graceland, Paul Simon has spoken to us in songs for a half-century about alienation, doubt, survival, and faith in ways that have established him as one of the most honoured and beloved songwriters in American pop music history. Yet Simon has refused to talk to potential biographers and urged those close to him to also remain silent. But Simon not only agreed to talk to biograt