Alexander Larman

Alexander Larman

Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie
with Matthew Stadlen

Twenty-five years before Bowie’s death on 10th January 2016, he appeared washed-up. His Eighties career had been a slow descent into self-parody, his attempts to diversify into hard rock had been disastrous, and the art-rock music with which he made his name was out of fashion. The Thin White Duke needed a miracle if he was even to continue his career. And a miracle – a resurrection from the dead – is precisely what happened.

Alexander Larman’s biography focuses solely on the second half of Bowie’s career. Ending with his death in 2016, Lazarus is the story of what happened in 1991 with Bowie a diminished figure, to the release of Blackstar is 2016, two days before he died.

Lazarus illuminates Bowie’s musical career while examining his other artistic achievements. Alexander Larman says this is his most personal biographical book yet. Bestselling author and historian, he is literary editor of the Spectator World and a regular contributor to the Telegraph and the Times.

Matthew Stadlen will be in conversation with Alexander Larman.