Trying to encapsulate the life and career of Bob Dylan was an almost futile undertaking of journalists and biographers for well over four decades. As perhaps one of the most prolific and often imitated musical artists since the second half of the 20th century, Dylan remained throughout his career, an elusive and often confounding talent; one not easily pigeonholed, dissected or even interviewed. But Dylan – whose best work was well behind him by the mid-1970s – retained his mantle as one of rock music’s most indomitable figures, crossing generations by earning legions of new fans, while