Van Morrison by Johnny Rogan - ISBN: 9780099431831
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A complex genius: Belfast’s enigmatic Van Morrison revealed.

Van Morrison

No Surrender

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  • Paperback

    672 pages

  • Release Date

    3 July 2006

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Summary

Van Morrison - No Surrender is the definitive biography of one of the most influential figures in the history of popular music.

Reclusive, difficult and enigmatic, Van Morrison is a gifted singer-songwriter and an endlessly complicated man. In Van Morrison - No Surrender, Johnny Rogan has produced a provocative and revelatory biography of the musician, analysing the sense of place in his work and the tortuous journey that took him from local fame in Belfast to international success.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099431831
ISBN-10:0099431831
Author:Johnny Rogan
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:672
Release Date:3 July 2006
Weight:451g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 30mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“No biography is likely to tell you more about Van Morrison .” – The Times

‘No biography is likely to tell you more about Morrison’ - Adam Sweeting, Sunday Times


A compendium of detail, a neck-aching triumph of research * Scotsman *
Here is everything you wanted to know about Van Morrison… Rogan leaves no stone unturned * Guardian *
‘Remarkably well-researched and deeply engrossing…Rogan’s painstaking research yields an abundance of detail…Fascinating’ * Irish Times *
‘This characteristically accomplished biography shows the singer from every angle’ * Observer *
‘Superb in all respects…Rogan is a tremendous rock biographer’ * Glasgow Herald *
A writer of real integrity * Sunday Telegraph *
A magisterial biography * Evening Standard *
Enthralling * Irish Independent *
His [Van Morrison] career is scrupulously chronicled by Rogan, whose affection for the music is never dimmed – Patrick Humphries * The Week *

About The Author

Johnny Rogan

Johnny Rogan has been called ‘pop’s most eccentric biographer, a fanatical searcher after truth’. He is the author of sixteen books, including books on the Byrds, Roxy Music, the Kinks, the Smiths, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and John Lennon. His work has been acclaimed endlessly in print and on radio and television.

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