Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland

"It's a welcome surprise to read this careful look by a music historian at Graceland, Paul Simon's 1986 masterpiece: By bringing both its beauty and its uglier aspects into the light, Kahn, far from ruining the album's strange magic, lets readers appreciate its intricacies and paradoxes all the more." -The New York Times (Editors' Choice)

In 1984, Paul Simon was at a professional and personal crossroads. His new marriage was failing and his career was in danger of stalling. He was forty-two,...