Robert johnson biography amazon uk

NEW YORK TIMES
"This is a human and humane book, an insightful exploration of the biographer's craft. [...] McCormick's book makes you feel what we lost when Johnson died young."

WALL STREET JOURNAL
"Reads like noir fiction.

It's a detective story riddled with fatalism and ambiguity carried out by someone who, like the archetypal noir hero, isn't a detective but an ordinary guy in a dismal, often violent setting searching for what can't be found.

In another sense, Biography of a Phantom reads like Moby Dick--as voiced not by Ishmael but by Ahab, the obsessed sea captain seeking an outcome that is doomed from the start."

NPR FRESH AIR
"It's a completely engrossing exploration of the South, one that only elevates and deepens what Robert Johnson achieved as an iconoclastic musician who was said to have sold his soul to the devil for his mastery.

McCormick's book also has the added gift of revealing how a great biography can be assembled."

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