This is a guide to everybody and everything that Bowie has accumulated and assimilated during his 35 year career. All of David Bowie's influences, be they musical, visual, or literary, are laid out and examined in detail by noted Bowie expert Mark Paytress, from the Mod Bowie to the space-age Bowie, from the soul-boy to the ice-cool icon, from the fashion plate to the waster Bowie, this is rock's most colourful journey.