The most ridiculous & an absurd choice Kent. A man whose quest for profit knows no bounds. A man who plays the poor boy in the delta but is rich beyond belief. A man who wrote Volume 1 of his autobiography with an eye on the Nobel Prize. A man whose only honest interview was in Folkway s magazine in the 1970s. A man whose political beliefs are totally unknown. A man who has carefully cultivated a persona & paid little attention to his adoring fans. A man who has done more touring than studio work. A man whose finest work ended with "Blood On The Tracks".
By no means the worst writer to win the prize but also another male winner of same & there are many worthy females who have done a lot better than "Tarantula". The first volume of his autobiography should have been titled " Mom Pop and Apple Pie" as it totally avoided reality. The Dylan biographers do not probe the man and to use Wilson's quip on Joyce's biographer "Cain by Abel".
Just my view but one grows weary of media humbug on Dylan now running for 50+ years.
