Ballad of a Song and Dance Man

Ballad of a Song and Dance Man

A review of Bob Dylan: Things Have Changed by Ron Rosenbaum; 287 pages; Melville House (October 2025)Ron Rosenbaum is one of America’s finest nonfiction authors. His bestselling book Explaining Hitler—an exploration of how and why Hitler became a monster, which I read when it was published in 1999—established its author as a master of cultural history. This time, Rosenbaum has turned his attention to Bob Dylan, a contemporary figure who might be…