David Bowman (December 8, 1957 – February 27, 2012) is an American writer. He published two novels and one book of music criticism before his death in 2012, at age 54.[1] A third novel, Big Bang, was published on January 15, 2019, by
Little, Brown and Company.[2] Bowman also wrote for
Salon.[3]
Books
His first novel, Let the Dog Drive, was a 1993 New York TimesNotable Book.[4] It also won the Elmer Holmes Bobst Award for Emerging Writers.[5]
Bunny Modern, his second novel, was published in 1998;
SPIN called it "lively, whacked-out, [and] often surprisingly moving."[6]
Bowman's only work of nonfiction, This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of the Talking Heads in the 20th Century, about
Talking Heads, came out in 2001.[1]
Big Bang, Bowman's posthumous novel, received critical acclaim.[7][8][9]