Captain Fantastic: Elton John's Steller Trip Through the '70s. Tom Doyle (H/B)

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC: ELTON JOHN'S STELLAR TRIP THROUGH THE '70s by Tom Doyle.

In the 1970s, Elton John achieved vertical take-off quickly becoming the biggest international rock phenomenon since The Beatles. But behind the comedy glasses and outre image lay a desperately shy individual conflicted by his complex relationship with success, his sexual and his narcotic indulgences.

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC is based on one-to-one interviews with the star and his associates and transports the reader directly into the era, with a supporting cast including John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Mae West, Groucho Marx, Katherine Hepburn, Elvis Presley, Princess Margaret....and The Queen.

Bringing this head-spinning period vividly to life, it foloows the skyscraping achievements and plummeting lows of Elton's 1970s, from the height of his stacked heels to the depths of his depressions. It is the compelling tale of the bashful kid who turned into a superhero.

 

A hardback published in 2017 by Polygon Books (£16.99 r.r.p.)