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Bolan: The Rise and Fall of a 20th Century Superstar

Exploring the making - and undoing - of the self-styled 20th century boy Marc Bolan, this book provides a portrait of a pop obsessive, a chameleon whose remarkable life allows us to explore the subterranean worlds he inhabited.

Subject
biography
Themes
music
Setting
british
Audience
adult
Length
long · 408 pages

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