Nyc Babylon From Beat to Punk

By Victor Bockris

Book Overview

Here, accompanied by dozens of unique photographs, are the very best of Victor Bockris's infamous interviews, essays, and observations on the stars of downtown Manhattan in the 1970s and 1980s. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0711967784
• ISBN13: 9780711967786
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Music Sales+ Corporation
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Beat Generation from most of the way inside

Victor Bockris has a knack for being around interesting people and his essays and interviews of the Beat Generation celebrities are legendary. This book is cobbled together from those writings. We see Burroughs and Ginsberg, followed by their punk worshippers Patti Smith and Richard Hell, with Susan Sontag, Andy Warhol, and Robert Mapplethorpe along the way. Beat turns to Punk, and this book comes to market. Interesting bits on the people involved, but you're always left wanting for a bit more.