{"product_id":"9781409103424","title":"There Will Be Rainbows: A Biography of Rufus Wainwright","description":"The first ever biography of one of the most fascinating singers to have appeared in the last 50 years.\"Rufus Wainwright is the greatest songwriter on the planet\" - Elton JohnRufus Wainwright's work mixes innovation and tradition like no other contemporary pop performer. His private life, which, by choice or otherwise, he has lived in public, is equally incredible -- and in its own, sometimes peculiar, often exaggerated way, has encompassed all three of the clichéd tenets of the popular artist (sex, drugs and rock n roll).In seeking to explain how the artist works and where his place lies in a great tradition, Kirk Lake enters into the diverse worlds of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, opera, gay liberation, Canadian folk, neo-Conservatism, drug addiction and Hollywood musicals. He follows Wainwright's journey (from Van Dyke Parks, to rehab, to Carnegie Hall), and talks to those who have orbited close to Wainwright. Rufus Wainwright: A Biography is an intelligent, critical piece of music writing that befits the integrity and complexity of the artist's work while fully embracing the self-deprecating humour and flamboyance that embodies Rufus Wainwright, the person.","brand":"Kirk Lake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47824687300926,"sku":"9781409103424","price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9781409103424_9dc476d0-9cdf-4589-bd20-6acc43be11ed.jpg?v=1707446275","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781409103424","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}