David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God

A fresh and revealing look at a much celebrated artist. * Publishers Weekly *Peter Ormerod’s book is a monumental, compelling, and profoundly original study of David Bowie’s spiritual and religious ideas, inspirations and meditations. Bowie always had a search for meaning at the centre of his music. There was a spiritual muse which both grounded his ideas and guided the way to a transcendent realm, more real than the mundane suburbia of his younger days. For anyone whose life was transformed by Bowie’s music, or who wishes to gain an understanding of the deeper ramifications of Bowie’s ideas, then this wonderful book is essential reading. * Dr Paul Fuller, Lecturer in Buddhist Studies, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh *

Peter Ormerod is a journalist and writer who has written extensively about culture and faith for the Guardian. Peter is also an arts editor for NationalWorld. He has a lifelong fascination with religion, having been raised in a clergy family.