This is a very short book – I read it on a couple of tube journeys – without any page numbers. Frustratingly, roughly half of it is backstory detailing how Dylan came to be in the position to write and record this masterpiece. The basic facts of his 1967–1974 life and career are conveyed concisely and with empathy, but if you have read other Dylan books you will find no remarkable new insights here. The analysis of the album itself – a record famously made and then re-made before it was released – forms the all-too-brief core of the book. A few typos slightly spoil Back in the Rain, but it works well as a useful companion to the album. I just wish the author had dug deeper into the topic.
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