{"product_id":"9781837733132","title":"From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads: A Bowie Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Briggs had never known what David Bowie's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife on Mars?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeant. And twenty-five years later with a career stealing his soul, a relationship in stasis and a hairline in furious retreat, life on earth had him cornered.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo when a lightning bolt of inspiration strikes, he leaves everything behind to cycle one of the song's lyrics, 'From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads' to discover what life, love and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife on Mars?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereally mean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat followed was life-affirming, inspirational and often hilarious. Criss-crossing Europe, he visited French chateaus where Bowie recorded, Spanish Olympic stadiums he played, former communist states where his music was banned, and the Berlin Wall he helped topple – all while navigating angry Soviet ballerinas, suspicious village mayors, and an irate Cliff Richard fan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames found kindred spirits and a new love (and occasionally hatred) for cycling as he discovered what happens when, instead of following the crowd, you follow the lyrics and music of the greatest artist of the 20th century. As the world reconsiders its priorities,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a clarion call to embrace the strange, blaze your own path, and live as fearlessly as the Starman himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"authorText\"\u003eJames Briggs is a writer specialising in music and travel who has written for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand various travel magazines. A lifelong David Bowie fan,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis his first book. Originally from Somerset, he now lives in London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"reviewTextItem\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"reviewText\"\u003eOne of the funniest navigations of the mid-life crisis – and half of Europe – I've ever read.\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI loved it\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"authorText\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"authorSourceText\"\u003eJohn Niven, author of Kill Your Friends\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"reviewTextItem\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen two of the greatest things collide (Bowie and Bikes), there's only one possible outcome.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eI love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ethis story\u003c\/b\u003e. I'm rather jealous that I didn't think of it first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"authorText\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"authorSourceText\"\u003eNed Boulting, author of How I Won the Yellow Jumper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"James Briggs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48330508042292,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/0320\/4404\/files\/9781837733132.jpg?v=1789154544","url":"https:\/\/wanderingalbatrossbooks.com\/products\/9781837733132","provider":"Wandering Albatross Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}