5 Down The Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan

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Mocked by Clinton Heylin as “a former tabloid reporter AKA professional dirtdigger”, Sounes brings those skills to a subject who’s always hidden behind smoke and mirrors. A sensation on its 2001 publication for its discovery of Dylan’s secret second marriage, Down The Highway stitches official records and myriad interviews into a narrative that humanises the artist. Choice nuggets include a tour of his Malibu mansion, on which Dylan lavished his riches and from which a tour bus offered blessed relief.