{"product_id":"davies-ray-x-ray-the-unauthorized-autobiography-9781585679393","title":"X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography","description":"A work of high-concept genius-the most original rock memoir ever written. Sir Ray Davies-the mastermind behind The Kinks and the poet laureate of British rock-doesn't do \"traditional.\" In this subversively brilliant, one-of-a-kind memoir, the man who gave us \"Waterloo Sunset\" and \"Lola\" deconstructs the very idea of the rock autobiography. X-Ray is not a standard autobiography. It is a psychological interrogation disguised as a rock-and-roll odyssey. Through the \"X-Ray\" lens of a narrator you can't quite trust, Davies deconstructs his own myth-from the jagged, distorted riffs of \"You Really Got Me\" to the pastoral melancholy of The Village Green Preservation Society. This one-of-a-kind rock memoir captures the friction between Ray and his brother Dave, the crushing weight of the music industry \"Moneygoround,\" and the melancholic genius of a man who was always Not Like Everybody Else. For fans of David Bowie, Bob Dylan, and literary rock history, X-Ray remains a gold standard of the genre. In a chillingly familiar near-future, a global \"Corporation\" controls the narrative of history. Their latest assignment for a young, nameless investigator: extract the truth from R.D.D.-an aging, reclusive cultural icon known to the world as Ray Davies. As the investigator probes deeper, the lines between the 1960s London \"Swinging\" scene and a sterile, controlled future begin to blur. This is a story of two brothers at war, a band banned from the very country they helped define, and a songwriter who predicted the corporate takeover of the human soul decades before it happened. Why this is essential reading:- The Original Rock Meta-Memoir: Experience the experimental narrative structure that predated the modern \"post-truth\" era.- A Prophet of the Ordinary: Revisit Davies's uncanny social commentary on British identity, suburban isolation, and the \"Moneygoround\" of the music industry.- Beyond the Music: A literary achievement that's ripe for rediscovery, proving that Ray Davies was always Not Like Everybody Else. \"In an age when everybody's in show business and writes a lousy book about it, Ray Davies is to be honored for not doing the usual thing.\" -Rolling Stone","brand":"Abrams Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53671153074518,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781585679393_1.jpg?v=1778846636","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/davies-ray-x-ray-the-unauthorized-autobiography-9781585679393","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}