Bolan was the lead singer of popular British rock group T-Rex and 2002 marks the 25th Anniversary of his death.
This highly acclaimed and authoritative biography, long out of print but now fully updated and with new material, explores the making - and undoing - of the self-styled 20th Century Boy.
Packed with interviews - including friend and DJ John Peel, brother Harry and band members Mickey Finn and Bill Legend, the book provides a portrait of a pop obsessive, a chameleon whose remarkable life also allows us to explore the subterranean worlds he inhabited - Mod, Beatnik, Hippie, Glam and Punk Rock.