Surf's Up: Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys

“A brilliant book” – Stuart Maconie“Doggett steers a sure course between deep Brian worship and the beckoning shallows, between trivia and telling detail” – Ian Penman * London Review of Books *“Razor sharp profiles (and) anecdotes galore….Peter Doggett mixes precise literary and indepth research with an impartial critical assurance. The book might well be the last word on the subject” – Chris Charlesworth * Just Backdated *“An enthralling book. We thoroughly recommend it” * Word in Your Ear *“A sophisticated, immensely detailed study of a pop phenomenon as absorbed and absorbing as the best literary biographies” – Roger Lewis * Mail on Sunday *“Captures all (their) messy brilliance. It is to the author’s credit that even those who know plenty about the band’s highs any many lows will find much to enthral them here” * Irish Independent *“A thoughtful recalibration of the Beach Boys story….Doggett is scrupulously fair in his analysis. A sad tale well told. 8/10” * Uncut Magazine *“A smorgasbord of magical wonder 9/10” * Classic Rock *“Beguiling montage of essays about one of America’s most bewitching and bewildering bands. Some of the finest ever writing about this brilliant yet complicated collective 4/5” * Mojo *“Particularly poignant…tasteful and compassionate 5/5” * Shindig *

Peter Doggett has been writing professionally about popular music and 20th-century culture since 1980. His many books include You Never Give Me Your Money, about the breakup of the Beatles and its aftermath; There’s a Riot Going On, chronicling the links between rock music and revolutionary politics in the late 1960s and early 1970s; and a biography of David Bowie’s 1970s recorded output, The Man Who Sold the World. He lives in London.