When Prince's 1987 record Sign o' the Times was rereleased in 2020, the iconic album now came with dozens of songs that weren't on the original. In awe, Nick Hornby began to wonder, "Who else ever produced this much?" He soon found his answer in Victorian novelist and social critic Charles Dickens. Nick Hornby examines the cosmic link between two unlikely artists, geniuses in their own rights, spanning race, class, and centuries. In the process, he creates a lively, stimulating rumination on the creativity, flamboyance, discipline, and soul it takes to produce great art.
|
