The definitive biography of Lou Reed, one of modern music’s most influential artists.

**** COMPELLING – The Sunday Telegraph

CONTROVERSIAL … Sounes’ book pushes the standard Reed narrative – The New York Times

Lou Reed, who died in 2013, was best known to the general public as the grumpy New Yorker in black who sang ‘Walk on the Wild Side’. To his dedicated admirers, however, he was one of the most innovative and intelligent American songwriters of modern times, a natural outsider who lived a tumultuous and tortured life.

In this in-depth, meticulously researched and very entertaining biography, respected biographer Howard Sounes examines the life and work of this fascinating man, from birth to death, including his time as the leader of The Velvet Underground – one of the most important bands in rock’n’roll.

Written with a deep knowledge and understanding