Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--The Definitive Biography of U2 (Signed by U-2!)

Eamon Dunphy

ISBN 10: 0446514594 / ISBN 13: 9780446514590

Published by Warner Books, New York, 1988

About this Item

Signed by author, band, producer and film maker! Inscribed by Paul Hewson (Bono), "Michelle- Thanx for your support! We love you, Paul Hewson" and signed by Adam Clayton on front paste down, signed by Larry Mullens Jr., Dave Evans (The Edge) Eamon Dunphy, Daniel Lanios (Band's Producer) and Phil Joanou (Film Maker) on front free end page; all in black pen and signatures only except for Bono. First printing stated with complete number line. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 Book; minor bumping to top board corners and bottom edges else free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($16.95) has slight rubbing with mild bumping to few edges, small damp stain to spine ends. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Several photographs. Very uncommon with author, band, producer and film maker's signatures. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Seller Inventory # 112815AELC2b

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--The Definitive Biography of U2 (Signed by U-2!)
• Publisher: Warner Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446514594
• ISBN 13: 9780446514590
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

An authorized biography of U2, one of the world's most popular rock bands, features information gathered over an eighteen-month period during which the author lived and traveled with the band members

Reviews

Hailed as the "Band of the '80s" by Rolling Stone magazine, U2 is known for sinewy music and haunting lyrics. By contrast, this biography by Irish writer Dunphy, written with the band's cooperation, is bloated and boring. Filling some 300 pages, Dunphy offers overly detailed sketches of the band members (Paul "Bono" Hewsom "was a cranky baby"), a drawn-out account of how the budding rock musicians met, dime-store psychoanalysis and many obscenities. In the second half of the book, Dunphy presents instructive comments on U2's music (for example, the album Unforgettable Fire was inspired by drawings by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings), but, overall, he focuses too much on the band members and not enough on their musical message. And one questions his claim that U2 did not censor any materialthere's scarcely a critical word in the book. Photos.
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