Dylan Jones, Author St. Martin's Press $18.95 (199p) ISBN 978-0-312-10558-7
Steadily accelerating psychological suspense marks this debut about a Welsh doctor's attempt to put his life together after the death of his pregnant wife. Six months after Jo was killed in a heinous, apparently intentional hit-and-run, Cardiff...
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Dylan Jones, Author St. Martin's Press $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-14753-2
Jones (Thicker Than Water; Outside the Rules) is an ophthalmic surgeon who lives in Wales, but he obviously knows a lot about Chicago, where his strong and moving new book is set. He also knows a lot about schizophrenics, necrophiliacs, police...
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Dylan Jones. Bloomsbury, $16 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-63286-244-0
In this fast-paced, irreverent biography, British GQ editor Jones grapples with the Lizard King, tracking back from his funeral bed at Père Lachaise to the Manhattan apartment of his partner, writer Patricia Kennealy (they were extralegally married...
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Dylan Jones. Crown Archetype, $28 (544p) ISBN 978-0-451-49783-3
In this comprehensive oral history, GQ editor Jones delves deeply into the details of rock icon David Bowie’s fame, financial problems, drug use, sexuality, Buddhist practices, and romantic entanglements. But it’s Jones’s focus on Bowie’s...
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Dylan Jones. Grand Central, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-1-538756-56-0
Evening Standard editor-in-chief Jones (Faster than a Cannonball) provides a riveting account of the “original kings and queens of edge.” Founded in 1964 and originally managed by Andy Warhol, the Velvet Underground was among the first American rock
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Dylan Jones. Faber & Faber, $16 trade paper (274p) ISBN 978-0-5713-5340-8
Jones (David Bowie) delivers an enthusiastic, though tedious, fan note to a song that Rolling Stone ranked as the 16th greatest country song of all time. Glenn Campbell made Jimmy Webb’s “Wichita Lineman” famous in 1968 (he recorded the song before...
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Dylan Jones. Faber & Faber, $27.95 (688p) ISBN 978-0-571-35343-9
In this colorful and sprawling oral history, Jones (David Bowie: The Oral History), editor-in-chief of British GQ, stitches together quotes from over 100 interviewees on the aesthetic revolution that birthed New Wave. In the petri dish of London’s...
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