by Dave Thompson · Sanctuary Publishing Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781860745546
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«To Major Tom» is an epistolary novel by Dave Thompson, published by Sanctuary Publishing Ltd in paperback (368 pages, in English).
The novel brings together the letters that Gary, a David Bowie fan, writes to his idol over thirty years: they begin in adolescence, marked by boarding school and anguish, and reach his adult life as a husband and father. Bowie's songs inspire and console him, from Ziggy Stardust to maturity.
The subtitle of the work is «The Bowie Letters». The ISBN-13 is 9781860745546 and publication was on 2 February 2004. The category is Literature and Fiction, with a rock music theme.
Recommended for David Bowie followers and for readers interested in how music accompanies fans throughout a lifetime.
David Thompson is an English writer who is the author of more than 100 books, largely dealing with rock and pop music, but also covering film, sports, philately, numismatics and erotica. He wrote regularly for Melody Maker and Record Collector in the 1980s, and has since contributed to magazines such as Mojo, Q, Rolling Stone and Goldmine.
