A particularly engaging passage concerns a freeform interview Shelton conducted with Dylan as they flew high above the Midwest in early 1966 Shelton's memories of Dylan are essential reading for fans. The book is naturally strongest when describing Dylan's early career, from his coffeehouse gigs as a Woody Guthrie disciple to the insanely high artistic peaks of the mid-'60s. When Shelton, in the 1980s, finally got around to finishing his full-length biography of Dylan, he could draw upon a wealth of insider stories from the early days. The coverage in the Times was a huge boost to the career of the then-struggling folksinger, and Shelton and Dylan became friends, seeing each other frequently around the Village folk scene. Robert Shelton, a critic for the New York Times in 1961, caught an early Bob Dylan gig at Folk City in Greenwich Village and wrote an effusive review for the newspaper. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Two decades on, Dylan's standing is higher than at any time since the 1960s and Shelton's book is now seen as a classic of the genre. No Direction Home took 20 years to complete and when it was finally published the book received widespread critical acclaim. Dylan gave Shelton access to his parents Abe and Beatty Zimmerman - whom no other journalist has ever interviewed in depth to his brother, David to childhood friends from Hibbing to fellow students and friends from Minneapolis and to Suze Rotolo, the muse immortalised on the cover of Freewheelin', among others. Of more than a thousand books published about Bob Dylan it is only this one that has been written with the Dylan's active cooperation. His book, first published in 1986, was hailed as the definitive unauthorised biography of this moody, passionate genius and his world. He became Dylan's friend, champion, and critic. Robert Shelton met Bob Dylan when the young singer arrived in New York.
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