U2 : At the End of the World

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Summary: You don't even need to be a U2 fan to enjoy this book!
Review: Not just a great book about music, not just a great book about the tour, not just a great book about the band! My only complaint is how the beginning of the book seems to bash Rattle And Hum, but otherwise, amazing. Reading this was like being in the Cameron Crowe film Almost Famous. I really do mean it when I say you don't even have to know who Bono is! But in all likelyhood if you're reading this, you probably are a fan of the greatest band in the world, so all I can say is, buy this book!

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Summary: simply a great, entertaining book.
Review: I've never much been a fan of rock biography... until this book by Bill Flanagan. The book contains amazing insight on the characters of U2 and their organization that keeps them in the studio and on the road. The book shares a very human perspective on what it is like to be a powerful superstar, while reminding us that U2 are still people that can get cuts and bruises. Filled with band members' philosophy on life and music and engaging stories that take you from a Greenpeace voyage to protest nuclear waste to Hitlers Olympic Stadium to the confines of their semi-hidden studio in Dublin where the music is made, the world of U2 is explored on a very personal level. Bill is a fantastically fun writer who has a heck of a lot of wit himself, even when among some of the most ambitious of all musicians ever. "At the End of the World" is a trip, and its well worth taking.

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Summary: Achtung, Baby!
Review: This is simply one of the best rock n' roll biographies I've ever read. It reads like a novel, not the usual dry biographical documentary. If you like U2, or if you just want to read a really good book with interesting characters, this is the book for you!