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Bowieland: Walking in the Footsteps of David
'Fabulous... What a ghost story! A ripping read.' IAIN SINCLAIR, author of London Orbital
'Vividly celebrates Bowie as not just a chameleonic visionary, but a nomadic one, a creature informed by place and circumstance" STUART MACONIE
BOWIE IS STILL OUT THERE...
Following open heart surgery, poet and writer Peter Carpenter was given one instruction - 'Walk, if you want to stay on this planet'. And so when his hero and inspiration David Bowie died in 2016, he knew what he had to do. The man who was to so many a companion and guide had left no shrine, no focal point of understanding. To reconnect with Bowie, he would take a walk into the past, to the streets, towns and places where David Jones became something more.
Walking to recover, to stay alive, Peter realised he was also recovering his lost hero. Leaving behind Heddon Street and Brixton, well-known Bowie shrines, he moved out through South London edgelands and suburbia to remoter Bowie Croydon, Aylesbury, Pett Level, Southend-on-Sea. Finding the windows Bowie had stared out from in Clareville Grove; the streets in Beckenham where he'd scurried by. He sifted through debris on a patch of waste ground in Tunbridge Wells where Bowie's parents first met. He turned the handle and entered Shirley Parish Hall to find the same stage where a young Davy Jones and the Kon-Rads set up to play back in 1962; and travelled to Berlin, to emerge from the S-Bahn to gape at the ruined portico of the Anhalter Bahnhof and asked 'What is this?'
In Bowieland, Carpenter's peripatetic trampings seem to echo Bowie's own wandering creative spirit, the walks often uncovering hidden layers, and making fresh connections to key Bowie stories, revealing influences conscious and subconscious. Through walking, an understanding is reached of where Bowie sits in the culture, his place among the poets, painters, artists and musicians who came before him, who inhabited the same spaces and in doing so passed on their wisdom to Bowie.
Through Carpenter's travels these suburban lands became a new, very real place, that anyone can visit if they take the time... Welcome to 'Bowieland'
'Vividly celebrates Bowie as not just a chameleonic visionary, but a nomadic one, a creature informed by place and circumstance" STUART MACONIE
BOWIE IS STILL OUT THERE...
Following open heart surgery, poet and writer Peter Carpenter was given one instruction - 'Walk, if you want to stay on this planet'. And so when his hero and inspiration David Bowie died in 2016, he knew what he had to do. The man who was to so many a companion and guide had left no shrine, no focal point of understanding. To reconnect with Bowie, he would take a walk into the past, to the streets, towns and places where David Jones became something more.
Walking to recover, to stay alive, Peter realised he was also recovering his lost hero. Leaving behind Heddon Street and Brixton, well-known Bowie shrines, he moved out through South London edgelands and suburbia to remoter Bowie Croydon, Aylesbury, Pett Level, Southend-on-Sea. Finding the windows Bowie had stared out from in Clareville Grove; the streets in Beckenham where he'd scurried by. He sifted through debris on a patch of waste ground in Tunbridge Wells where Bowie's parents first met. He turned the handle and entered Shirley Parish Hall to find the same stage where a young Davy Jones and the Kon-Rads set up to play back in 1962; and travelled to Berlin, to emerge from the S-Bahn to gape at the ruined portico of the Anhalter Bahnhof and asked 'What is this?'
In Bowieland, Carpenter's peripatetic trampings seem to echo Bowie's own wandering creative spirit, the walks often uncovering hidden layers, and making fresh connections to key Bowie stories, revealing influences conscious and subconscious. Through walking, an understanding is reached of where Bowie sits in the culture, his place among the poets, painters, artists and musicians who came before him, who inhabited the same spaces and in doing so passed on their wisdom to Bowie.
Through Carpenter's travels these suburban lands became a new, very real place, that anyone can visit if they take the time... Welcome to 'Bowieland'
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Published March 27, 2025
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January 3, 2026
If you are a fan of David Bowie and psychogeography, then the chances are you will really enjoy this - I am a big fan of both and so it's no surprise that I got so much out of this curious little gem. Carpenter proves to be affable company on his many jaunts around obscure haunts of London and the commuter belt, chasing the ghosts of Bowie past, with some really quirky and interesting moments. I was also surprised to learn that the author stayed at the same hotel I did in Berlin and I had no idea about the Bowie connection at the nearest S-Bahn etc, which was interesting to learn.
June 14, 2025
Outstanding .. lots of info about Bowie I didn’t previously know about !
March 29, 2025
"Has this intrepid voyager just landed? Or is he about to set off? He's on the brink of something. Quite where all of this would take him, maybe even Bowie couldn't have imagined."
After a brush with mortality in the form of open heart surgery, Peter Carpenter began a quest to walk amidst the locations crucial to David Bowie's life. The book's greatest asset is its snappy and novelistic style, enlivening what could otherwise feel like a dry travelogue or banal celebrity-worship with a concrete sense of what made Bowie so transformative. From Berlin to Brixton, Carpenter connects these locations with Bowie's life and influence on his own, making for a meandering but moving read.
That said, I question the level of geographical detail that Carpenter occasionally includes: one short paragraph features five street addresses and four road landmarks as he leads us down every route and turn to his destination. It's no doubt useful information if you want to literally follow in the footsteps of his pilgrimage, but if not, those sections make for rather dry reading.
After a brush with mortality in the form of open heart surgery, Peter Carpenter began a quest to walk amidst the locations crucial to David Bowie's life. The book's greatest asset is its snappy and novelistic style, enlivening what could otherwise feel like a dry travelogue or banal celebrity-worship with a concrete sense of what made Bowie so transformative. From Berlin to Brixton, Carpenter connects these locations with Bowie's life and influence on his own, making for a meandering but moving read.
That said, I question the level of geographical detail that Carpenter occasionally includes: one short paragraph features five street addresses and four road landmarks as he leads us down every route and turn to his destination. It's no doubt useful information if you want to literally follow in the footsteps of his pilgrimage, but if not, those sections make for rather dry reading.
August 31, 2025
Fabulous book that provides the perfect balance of hero worship, geography and a familiar story but from a different angle. Loved this and would recommend it to Bowie fans but also just as a fun read.
October 6, 2025
Meticulously researched. Got so much out of this - from facts I didn’t know to a desire to look more closely at buildings with history and reflections on the common ground between friends. I really enjoyed this book and I am not especially a fan of Bowie! Recommended.
April 10, 2025
“Walk everyday if you want to stay on this planet” was the simple yet non-nonsense advice imparted to Peter Carpenter by his physiotherapist, coming on the heels of a major heart surgery. The freelance writer, tutor and publisher not only paid complete heed to the instruction but transformed his peripatetic episodes into a memorable garland of tributes to one of rock and roll’s greatest ever artists, David Bowie.
Bowieland is both a homage to David Bowie as well as an ode to the pleasure of assiduously putting one foot in front of another in a sustained and resolute manner. An impossible and incorrigible fan of David Bowie, Carpenter finds himself moved by the spontaneous vigils mushrooming around “Bowie shrines” across not just the United Kingdom but also spanning continents. Carpenter decided, spurred by a combination of circumstance and fancy, to embark on a series of “Bowie walks,” visiting as many Bowie shrines as time and energy would permit a recuperating heart patient to visit.
What follows is an elaborate and poetic descriptions of memorable experiences that throw shades of wistful nostalgia upon the spiritual psyche of carpenter. Chance acquaintances with shared admiration led to jaw dropping stories and recollection of captivating incidents. For example, an impromptu meeting with photographer Daro Montag brings out the fascinating tale of how Montag happened to find the pair of boots worn by Bowie in the video “Space Oddity,” in an apartment in the West End – Number 39 Manchester Street to be precise. Upon an excited Carpenter inquiring about the fate of the illustrious boots, the response is indescribably gobsmacking – “I think they were just chucked out.”
Carpenter chugs along at a brisk pace traipsing through Brixton, Beckenham, and Soho. We are introduced to hallowed places and events, veritable portals leading to a multitude of Bowie heavens. Heddon Street, for example, the reader is informed represented the site of the cover photo shoot for one of the most popular Bowie albums, The Rise and Fall of the Ziggy Stardust and Spiders from Mars (mercifully shortened to just Ziggy Stardust).
Carpenter’s Bowie mania is not restricted to the shores of his homeland alone. He also pays a visit to Berlin, where Bowie famously and in a manner that caused horripilation amongst millions of his fans, belted out an immortal rendition of Heroes in the year 1987. Bowie, while performing on the second night, began by telling the crowd, in German, “We send our wishes to all our friends who are on the other side of the wall.” A decade earlier Berlin had hosted Bowie, in tandem with producer Brian Eno as the duo recorded the Berlin Trilogy, three studio albums which have now attained status of legendary proportions.
Bowieland is replete with reminiscences, unabashed adulation, fanboy moments and bouts of serene introspection. In Carpenter’s own words, “My peripatetic trampings, I came to see, echoed Bowie’s own creative spirit. A self-confessed lodger, a nomad, acting out the role of the explorer. From Tolworth to outer space, from Pett Level to New Mexico.”
Bowieland – honest, humble and heart-warming!
Bowieland is both a homage to David Bowie as well as an ode to the pleasure of assiduously putting one foot in front of another in a sustained and resolute manner. An impossible and incorrigible fan of David Bowie, Carpenter finds himself moved by the spontaneous vigils mushrooming around “Bowie shrines” across not just the United Kingdom but also spanning continents. Carpenter decided, spurred by a combination of circumstance and fancy, to embark on a series of “Bowie walks,” visiting as many Bowie shrines as time and energy would permit a recuperating heart patient to visit.
What follows is an elaborate and poetic descriptions of memorable experiences that throw shades of wistful nostalgia upon the spiritual psyche of carpenter. Chance acquaintances with shared admiration led to jaw dropping stories and recollection of captivating incidents. For example, an impromptu meeting with photographer Daro Montag brings out the fascinating tale of how Montag happened to find the pair of boots worn by Bowie in the video “Space Oddity,” in an apartment in the West End – Number 39 Manchester Street to be precise. Upon an excited Carpenter inquiring about the fate of the illustrious boots, the response is indescribably gobsmacking – “I think they were just chucked out.”
Carpenter chugs along at a brisk pace traipsing through Brixton, Beckenham, and Soho. We are introduced to hallowed places and events, veritable portals leading to a multitude of Bowie heavens. Heddon Street, for example, the reader is informed represented the site of the cover photo shoot for one of the most popular Bowie albums, The Rise and Fall of the Ziggy Stardust and Spiders from Mars (mercifully shortened to just Ziggy Stardust).
Carpenter’s Bowie mania is not restricted to the shores of his homeland alone. He also pays a visit to Berlin, where Bowie famously and in a manner that caused horripilation amongst millions of his fans, belted out an immortal rendition of Heroes in the year 1987. Bowie, while performing on the second night, began by telling the crowd, in German, “We send our wishes to all our friends who are on the other side of the wall.” A decade earlier Berlin had hosted Bowie, in tandem with producer Brian Eno as the duo recorded the Berlin Trilogy, three studio albums which have now attained status of legendary proportions.
Bowieland is replete with reminiscences, unabashed adulation, fanboy moments and bouts of serene introspection. In Carpenter’s own words, “My peripatetic trampings, I came to see, echoed Bowie’s own creative spirit. A self-confessed lodger, a nomad, acting out the role of the explorer. From Tolworth to outer space, from Pett Level to New Mexico.”
Bowieland – honest, humble and heart-warming!
June 16, 2025
Excellent, interesting book. I got a great deal out of it. It has put me on to a few new paths to follow up myself. I “enjoyed” the early chapter on Cane Hill and could imagine walking around it myself, and walking down to Coulsdon South station.
It’s a wonderful wonderful read. It’s very well written. The author is a university lecturer in English. The text is laced and enriched with poets, poetry and prose. It’s highly engaging and great for walking ideas: The Oval to Stansfield Road and the trek down from Hastings to Pett Level, for instance.
I had worried I might be too snooty! I read a lot on Bowie and go to Germany quite a bit on Bowie related quests…so the first time I read chapter 3- Berlin, (Berlin is certainly not a “long haul” from southern England), I thought hmmm - and wondered all night. But then I read chapter 3 again in a different light the next day and continued on…
And I was really pleased I did…if you’ve ever read any of Rory Stewart’s walking books, it’s kind of engaging like those…
This is glorious and interesting and thoroughly Bowie. The author is truly a fellow signed up and devoted soul.
Some niggles: there’s not a song called “Labyrinth”: Dr. Zahnärztin couldn’t possibly have found her doorway besieged on the date mentioned; “Cracked Actor” was performed in the manner mentioned in L.A in September 1974 for the BBC documentary by Alan Yentob, also called “Cracked Actor”, not part of “The 1980 Floor Show”, which was filmed in London in 1973 by NBC. What a bizarre slip that was! Some omissions too…but hey, Bowie is a big big study..and Carpenter states it’s an incomplete work.
It’s a great book regardless. There is a lovely “notes” section at the end including links to Chris King’s photos…though would be good if they were labelled!
It’s a wonderful wonderful read. It’s very well written. The author is a university lecturer in English. The text is laced and enriched with poets, poetry and prose. It’s highly engaging and great for walking ideas: The Oval to Stansfield Road and the trek down from Hastings to Pett Level, for instance.
I had worried I might be too snooty! I read a lot on Bowie and go to Germany quite a bit on Bowie related quests…so the first time I read chapter 3- Berlin, (Berlin is certainly not a “long haul” from southern England), I thought hmmm - and wondered all night. But then I read chapter 3 again in a different light the next day and continued on…
And I was really pleased I did…if you’ve ever read any of Rory Stewart’s walking books, it’s kind of engaging like those…
This is glorious and interesting and thoroughly Bowie. The author is truly a fellow signed up and devoted soul.
Some niggles: there’s not a song called “Labyrinth”: Dr. Zahnärztin couldn’t possibly have found her doorway besieged on the date mentioned; “Cracked Actor” was performed in the manner mentioned in L.A in September 1974 for the BBC documentary by Alan Yentob, also called “Cracked Actor”, not part of “The 1980 Floor Show”, which was filmed in London in 1973 by NBC. What a bizarre slip that was! Some omissions too…but hey, Bowie is a big big study..and Carpenter states it’s an incomplete work.
It’s a great book regardless. There is a lovely “notes” section at the end including links to Chris King’s photos…though would be good if they were labelled!
April 21, 2025
Bowie land is an interesting and unique homage to the one and only David Bowie. When Bowie died back in 2016 the author, who was recovering from open heart surgery and given doctor’s orders to walk as much possible, decided to embark on a quest to travel around the old haunts and historical landmarks of his idol. To follow in his footsteps basically, while also acquiring much needed steps of his own.
So he walks. All over. Through derelict old asylum sites in Cane Hill, past the U-Bahns of Berlin. From Abbey Road studios in Maida Vale (not just famous for the Beatles), to the South Coast cliffs where Ashes to Ashes was filmed. As he travels through these landmarks he reveals many fascinating facts about David Bowie, and it’s interesting how he relates them to each particular journey.
This is a book I dipped in and out of, I found that easier as otherwise there was too much information to take in. It’s broken down into twenty chapters, all titled by the relevant location. It’s a real history of London (and the surrounding areas) and if you’re familiar with those places this book will be a huge delight to you. It’s part music history, part geographical detail. As I’m not a Londoner, some of that detail was lost on me (I’d have loved a map!) but it still held my interest and made me want to play those old albums once more.
June 25, 2025
Last year I took my eldest grandson (aged 5) to an amazing immersive exhibition about Space Travel.
The exhibition had a terrific soundtrack and I recall my grandson particularly enjoying Space Oddity.
It only struck me later that this song, still sounding so fresh and original, was recorded FIFTY years before my grandson was even born. Half a century!
I was reminded of the above when reading this excellent book. One of those books that I thought sounded 'quite interesting' and turned out to be totally absorbing.
Carpenter was told that, following open heart surgery, he needed to walk and walk to stay alive. Fortunately for us his walks became Bowie trails and investigations. However, you don't need to be a Bowie fan to enjoy his travels - it's beautifully written and thought provoking.
It also had me googling lots of the fascinating characters linked with Bowie.
What struck me was the changing face of England and especially London when it comes to buildings. Very few places 50 odd years ago still have the same use today, and many have been completely demolished. But Carpenter never lets the spirit and legacy of Bowie die, it's always there if you know where to look.
The exhibition had a terrific soundtrack and I recall my grandson particularly enjoying Space Oddity.
It only struck me later that this song, still sounding so fresh and original, was recorded FIFTY years before my grandson was even born. Half a century!
I was reminded of the above when reading this excellent book. One of those books that I thought sounded 'quite interesting' and turned out to be totally absorbing.
Carpenter was told that, following open heart surgery, he needed to walk and walk to stay alive. Fortunately for us his walks became Bowie trails and investigations. However, you don't need to be a Bowie fan to enjoy his travels - it's beautifully written and thought provoking.
It also had me googling lots of the fascinating characters linked with Bowie.
What struck me was the changing face of England and especially London when it comes to buildings. Very few places 50 odd years ago still have the same use today, and many have been completely demolished. But Carpenter never lets the spirit and legacy of Bowie die, it's always there if you know where to look.
May 8, 2025
This is an excellent book.
Its ultimate focus is David Jones, known to us all as David Bowie. And it provides multiple doorways into the life and the past of this extraordinary man. It is also a meditation on time and place, on the spaces in our lives and the ghosts and the memories that inhabit them.
Pete Carpenter, faced not only with a stern injunction from his doctors to walk to stay alive,, wanted to come to terms with his shock, sadness and grief at the death of someone whom he had never met but who, at the same time, mattered enormously. So, he walked in the early steps of Davie Jones and walked on and on until Davie Jones became David Bowie. And, following in his footsteps, he very successfully captures the evanescent, fleeting ghost of the man himself.
This is a profound and thoughtful book which has the added attraction of being extremely easy to read. It captured my own sense of loss at the news of the unexpected (because his illness was kept properly private) death of someone who had always been extremely important to me.
Reading this book the shards of lyrics written by the great man crowded around me and he was brought once more to life.
Its ultimate focus is David Jones, known to us all as David Bowie. And it provides multiple doorways into the life and the past of this extraordinary man. It is also a meditation on time and place, on the spaces in our lives and the ghosts and the memories that inhabit them.
Pete Carpenter, faced not only with a stern injunction from his doctors to walk to stay alive,, wanted to come to terms with his shock, sadness and grief at the death of someone whom he had never met but who, at the same time, mattered enormously. So, he walked in the early steps of Davie Jones and walked on and on until Davie Jones became David Bowie. And, following in his footsteps, he very successfully captures the evanescent, fleeting ghost of the man himself.
This is a profound and thoughtful book which has the added attraction of being extremely easy to read. It captured my own sense of loss at the news of the unexpected (because his illness was kept properly private) death of someone who had always been extremely important to me.
Reading this book the shards of lyrics written by the great man crowded around me and he was brought once more to life.
September 6, 2025
Bowieland: Walking in the Footsteps of David is right up my street, and many many other streets too.
Peter Carpenter has written a blend of memoir, travelogue, and psychogeography that explores Bowie's life through the places that shaped him.
Following open-heart surgery, and shortly after Bowie's death in 2016, Carpenter was instructed to walk to keep him alive. To give his walking meaning he ventures into the "edgelands" of South London and beyond, to obscure but significant locations, alongside the more obvious sites.
Peter Carpenter's "peripatetic trampings" echo Bowie's own wandering creative spirit.
It's a really effective and different, rooted in a journey of recovery, aligned to a quest to understand not just Bowie's legacy but also his connection to the places that made informed his personality.
4/5
Peter Carpenter has written a blend of memoir, travelogue, and psychogeography that explores Bowie's life through the places that shaped him.
Following open-heart surgery, and shortly after Bowie's death in 2016, Carpenter was instructed to walk to keep him alive. To give his walking meaning he ventures into the "edgelands" of South London and beyond, to obscure but significant locations, alongside the more obvious sites.
Peter Carpenter's "peripatetic trampings" echo Bowie's own wandering creative spirit.
It's a really effective and different, rooted in a journey of recovery, aligned to a quest to understand not just Bowie's legacy but also his connection to the places that made informed his personality.
4/5
April 14, 2025
Walking with Bowie by Peter Carpenter is a beautiful account of two interconnected journeys. After receiving medical advice to walk for his heart health, Carpenter creates purpose in his exercise by following in the footsteps of his hero, David Bowie. The narrative takes readers through significant locations in Bowie's life—primarily in southeast England—from his parents' early days and his childhood haunts to the venues that witnessed his transformation into a superstar in the early 1970s. Carpenter enhances these visits with his own knowledge of the areas, bringing historical context, color, and insightful observations to each location. The balance of detail is superbly judged, satisfying devoted Bowie fanatics while providing enough accessibility to encourage casual fans to explore deeper. This thoughtful blend of music history, personal memoir, and walking guide has inspired me to not only learn more about Bowie's life but to literally walk in the footsteps of Peter Carpenter himself.
April 10, 2025
I can't imagine that there's anybody around - of any age - who doesn't know something about David Bowie!
Now, he was a little before my time and I have to admit to never listening to his music - until I was much much older.
It's not really as if you can miss it!
Still used in films, TV and adverts all the time, it proves just what an icon he was and how his fan base is (and maybe will be) ever growing, still!
So, although I wasn't a huge fan, I can definitely appreciate this read and I was totally fascinated to find out more about the places and people who inspired the legend that is Bowie.
This book essentially follows the author who, after having open heart surgery and being advised to walk more, decides to take this journey and walk in the literal footsteps of his idol.
There was a lot of detail in this and if I'm honest, there were some sections that read like a navigation app or your guide - don't get me wrong, this would be amazing for those who wish to also literally walk through Bowieland.
For me, this was a little overdone.
However, our destinations and the stories that unfolded there, I found utterly fascinating.
I learned a lot and it really did create a greater appreciation for both Peter and David's journeys.
I think that this would be a great gift for any Bowie fan - but I also think that there's something for everyone to enjoy and learn from this book.
Now, he was a little before my time and I have to admit to never listening to his music - until I was much much older.
It's not really as if you can miss it!
Still used in films, TV and adverts all the time, it proves just what an icon he was and how his fan base is (and maybe will be) ever growing, still!
So, although I wasn't a huge fan, I can definitely appreciate this read and I was totally fascinated to find out more about the places and people who inspired the legend that is Bowie.
This book essentially follows the author who, after having open heart surgery and being advised to walk more, decides to take this journey and walk in the literal footsteps of his idol.
There was a lot of detail in this and if I'm honest, there were some sections that read like a navigation app or your guide - don't get me wrong, this would be amazing for those who wish to also literally walk through Bowieland.
For me, this was a little overdone.
However, our destinations and the stories that unfolded there, I found utterly fascinating.
I learned a lot and it really did create a greater appreciation for both Peter and David's journeys.
I think that this would be a great gift for any Bowie fan - but I also think that there's something for everyone to enjoy and learn from this book.
April 7, 2025
After open heart surgery, poet and Writer, Peter Carpenter, following advise from his doctors, took up walking following his idols death in 2016. His aim, to reconnect with the man who was such an inspiration and hero to millions. He walked the streets, towns and other Bowie haunts in search of the David Jones, that would later become the iconic, reverered, David Bowie.
So all in all, such a great read for me, a huge Bowie fan. It's packed with great detail on the places and people who inspired the legend and formed who he would become.
David Bowie's death was one of the few celebrity deaths that had a real effect on me ( some others being Rik Mayall, Robin Williams and Michael Jackson ), and so to now have a guide to his haunts that I myself one day hope to follow, is wonderful.
I reas this impressive piece of work in two sittings.
A huge 5 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 's from me.
So all in all, such a great read for me, a huge Bowie fan. It's packed with great detail on the places and people who inspired the legend and formed who he would become.
David Bowie's death was one of the few celebrity deaths that had a real effect on me ( some others being Rik Mayall, Robin Williams and Michael Jackson ), and so to now have a guide to his haunts that I myself one day hope to follow, is wonderful.
I reas this impressive piece of work in two sittings.
A huge 5 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 's from me.
January 25, 2026
Before I read this book, Bowieland, I was not too familiar with David Bowie or much of his music. Of course I knew who he was and knew some of his songs, but my musical listening habits in the past have not included much Bowie at all.
Wanting to broaden my musical knowledge, I asked for this book as a Christmas present as the premise interested me.
It’s taken me a few weeks to read through this book, but that’s because I kept googling information, watching YouTube videos of David Bowie and listening to some of his albums. So for me this book has achieved its purpose of both informing and entertaining me.
Wanting to broaden my musical knowledge, I asked for this book as a Christmas present as the premise interested me.
It’s taken me a few weeks to read through this book, but that’s because I kept googling information, watching YouTube videos of David Bowie and listening to some of his albums. So for me this book has achieved its purpose of both informing and entertaining me.
April 24, 2025
A fascinating insight into the down to earth and human side of the man behind the many masks.
The clarity of the visualisation leads you to believe that you are actually walking alongside the author,
journeying through often obscure but so relevant and diverse locations.
The revealing of hitherto little known details pertaining to one of our greatest cultural icons compels
one to read just one more page before bedtime; and then another...........
An essential pilgrimage for all Bowie fans.
The clarity of the visualisation leads you to believe that you are actually walking alongside the author,
journeying through often obscure but so relevant and diverse locations.
The revealing of hitherto little known details pertaining to one of our greatest cultural icons compels
one to read just one more page before bedtime; and then another...........
An essential pilgrimage for all Bowie fans.
April 7, 2025
Review to follow
August 18, 2025
interesting walk through the world of Bowie
September 16, 2025
excellent!
April 16, 2025
Bowieland is a story of two men; one a musical legend of our time, the other a man looking to reconnect with his lifelong hero Bowie by walking in his footsteps and visiting his favourite haunts.
Carpenter delights with an honest and absolutely fascinating journey through illness and another man's rise to fame.
Obviously I had to read the book with a Bowie soundtrack playing in the background, for authentic purposes.
Full of detail and inspiration, Bowieland is an absolute must read .
Carpenter delights with an honest and absolutely fascinating journey through illness and another man's rise to fame.
Obviously I had to read the book with a Bowie soundtrack playing in the background, for authentic purposes.
Full of detail and inspiration, Bowieland is an absolute must read .
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