Great book for all Bowie fans specialy of the berlin era.
The making of Low, Heroes, Lodger + The idiot and lust for life of Iggy pop is very detailing, the writer knew about his subject is not the case of all the books about Bowie. This book is very instuctive and easy reading

This is a book written by a fan for other fans. It's decent enough, but almost all the material (interviews, etc) is from second hand sources and subjected to much slanted speculation. The sections relating Bowie's film work are over-detailed.

I've been a Bowie fan since 1973 and revere his Spiders era material, which this author virtually dismisses even though it is the foundation of his subject's fame. I could never quite understand the fuss some people make over the "Berlin Trilogy". Bowie was always aping, and often bettering his models. But not in this case. The skewed pop and ambient music Brian Eno was making on his own before and after the collaboration with Bowie was superior. In fact, the best thing on LOW is "Warzawa" (the capital of Poland, thank you), an Eno composition marred by a histrionic Bowie vocal tacked on near the end. I've always found LOW a very flawwed, derivative effort, a poor man's ANOTHER GREEN WORLD. HEROES is more cohesive, and its magnificent title track is the last great Bowie song. Still, the instrumentals on Side 2 are even more faceless than those on its predecessor. LODGER has its moments, but thankfully, no instrumentals, for which Bowie, a consummate songsmith, had no evident talent.

The book does a service in reasserting Visconti's contribution. Rock writers still misattribute the albums' production to Eno. Fans seeking an authoritative account of this era should seek out his recent autobiography.

At the time of publication of Bowie's Berlin production, I was involved with music myself and can attest on the significance/impact/impulse generated by the 3 and a half masterpieces of the epoch (Lust For Life being half a chef d'oeuvre, Lodger none at all).
The reading of this book however is my first investment into getting to know the story behind the Berlin adventure. Compared to most literature on music, this book is extremely well written and a pleasure to read. Unlike my fellow reviewer, I also enjoyed the detours into side-stories and parallel personalities. The only character that finds it hard to come off the page is Iggy. But then the book is not about him...
Thoroughly enjoyable!

P.D.: Warsaw is not the Czech capital, it is Poland's.