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Howard Sounes

 

Welcome to the website of the author Howard Sounes, whose books include acclaimed biographies of Bob Dylan and Charles Bukowski; the true crime bestseller Fred & Rose; a history of golf, The Wicked Game; and Seventies, a cultural history of the 1970s.

Howard Sounes, who lives in London, appears regularly on television and radio. He can be contacted via this website. You may also read more about the author, his books, and see news about his work.

 
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    15 October, 2008: Details are announced of an international publishing deal for a major new biography of Sir Paul McCartney, by Howard Sounes. Publishers Weekly and The Bookseller report that the biography will be published simultaneously in the UK, USA and Canada, with foreign language deals in place in Germany, Denmark, Holland and Finland. "As the senior surviving member of the Beatles, and with a hugely impressive solo career, Sir Paul McCartney is known, loved, and respected the world over," says Sounes in a press release by the English language publishers. "In this book, I intend to do justice to Sir Paul's artistic achievement, with the Beatles and after, creating the first truly balanced portrait of the artist, while also seeking to reveal the man behind the famous smile."

    7 February, 2008: Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life is published in French translation by Editions du Rocher of Paris as Bukowski: une vie de fou. "...the first biography worthy of the name devoted to Buk," concludes Le Figaro.

    November, 2007: Howard Sounes is given an Internet profile on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Sounes

    July, 2007: Paperback publication of Seventies in the UK by Simon & Schuster.

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