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On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno
 
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On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno (Hardcover)
by David Sheppard (Author)
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Product details

  • Hardcover: 504 pages
  • Publisher: Orion (1 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752875701
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752875705
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.8 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,456 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories:

    #31 in  Books > Music, Stage & Screen > Music
    #33 in  Books > Biography > Film, Television & Music

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OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY
'This 450-page biography (written with the help of the famous piss-taster himself) fairly zips along.'

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'This 450-page biography (written with the help of the famous piss-taster himself) fairly zips along.' (OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY )

'[An] honourable, authorised attempt to do justice to a mind-bogglingly restless and prolific subject.' (SUNDAY TIMES )

'David Sheppard's authorised biography dispels some of the myths surrounding Brian Eno and provides a compelling case for his importance as artist and thinker.' (WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY )

'An accomplished and sprawling biography reflects Eno's scattershot apporach to life - all over the place but fascinating just the same.' (BIG ISSUE (Scotland) )

Music Book of the Fortnight 'Few enigmas are as hard to unravel as Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, but the Q contributor has done a bang-up job with this 450-page tome' (HOT PRESS (Ireland) )

'David Sheppard's meticulously researched biography ...[with] the kind of footnote that make this doorstopper such an engaging read' (INDEPENDENT )

'On Some Faraway Beach provides an extensive introduction to a lifetime of constructive, and very English, pottering.' (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )

'How do you pin down an enigma like Brian Eno? Music journalist David Sheppard makes a valiant stab at it in this lively biography.' (YORKSHIRE EVENING POST )

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