Author David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas) writes in the Guardian: “Kate Bush transforms me into a deranged fan. I don’t know where to begin to explain it: there’s her Brontëesque precocity (how does a 13-year-old compose “The Man With the Child In His Eyes”?); her voice, or rather voices (swan-necked soprano, bass-deadpan, banshee wail, pure as snowmelt); or her firsts (first British solo woman to write and sing a No 1 single, to top the album charts and to enter the album charts at No 1). Of her six mature albums released between 1980 and 2005, four are near-masterpieces while two (1985’s Hounds of Love and 2005’s Aerial) are masterpieces…”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/01/kate-bush-hero-david-mitchell
Collin
I love him. “Ghostwritten” and “Cloud Atlas” are brilliant books.
Barbara
I’m glad you mentioned it was the author and not David Mitchell of Peep Show fame – I had this thought of Dobby hitting him with her handbag!