Bono On Bono - Conversations With Michka Assayas [Paperback]

Michka Assayas (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340897473
• ISBN-13: 978-0340897478
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #636,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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64 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating look into Bono's character, April 27, 2005

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A. Lile (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas (Hardcover)

A long-time fan of U2's music and impressed by Bono's activisim, I was anxious to read this new book. And I loved it! I couldn't put it down!

Written in a coversational style, I at first thought it may be difficult to follow. Instead, I pleasantly realized that it made me feel as if I was listening to Bono talk to a group of which I was part. Because we are actually reading his words, I think we really get a look into Bono's mind - or even his soul.

Every topic I could want to hear Bono talk about is covered - his music, the band, his family, his belief in God, and his activism. It had it all.

I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn more about what makes Bono tick. It confirmed to me that he has a very big heart, a great intellect, and incredible talent.

Enjoy!

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Honesty, June 12, 2005

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Debora McDonnell "Me2" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas (Hardcover)

Before I read this book I loved U2's music but considered Bono, although very hot, to be yet another uneducated pompous ass celebrity with a god complex. After reading the book I realize I was the judgemental pompous ass. Bono is a man of conviction that gets mistaken as arrogance. He believes in something bigger than himself and stands up for it in spite of pompous ass people like me who doubt his sincerity simply because he's a celebrity. Sorry Bono, keep up the good work.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Conversations Between Friends, May 24, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas (Hardcover)

If you wanted to ask Bono a question, what would it be?

Would it be about the music?

Would it be about his personal life? Perhaps the deaths of his parents?

Would you ask about the formation of the most successful band in history?

Perhaps you'd want to know more about his work in support of AIDS and hunger releif.

All of these questions, and many, many more are asked and answered in this book. In fact, almost the whole book is a series of questions that ramble from subject to subject with no pattern. These questions and answers are like a normal conversation flows between friends.

Because they are friends, a true respect exists between the two men and it comes out in the book. This means that there is great insight shown into how Bono thinks. And it comes out that he thinks very well indeed.

This is a fascinating book, not just because of the fascination with the singer, but because of the insight he brings to us about places like Africa and the Soviet Union.