Overview

Music historian and journalist Tim Riley's biography challenges many popular assumptions about Lennon's life, from his widely misunderstood 'Working Class Hero' origins to his epic romance with Yoko Ono. Riley also explores Lennon in all his contradictions: the misogynist turned peace activist, the moralist who loved to outrage and the 'bigger than Christ' LSD enthusiast who settled down to become a house-husband. A pre-eminent scholar of Beatles music, Riley has consulted some of the most important Beatles scholarship of the past two decades. In a field littered with untrustworthy memoirs, he has culled the most reliable information from hundreds of books, and tracked down even more insightful sources among Lennon's friends, enemies, confidantes, celebrity associates and business contacts. He also writes brilliantly about the music and about Lennon's artistic and creative processes. The Beatles have just enjoyed their most successful sales decade ever, and this book will be a great gift for the Beatles fan in your life or for anyone with an interest in this British music legend.

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Author:   Tim Riley
Publisher:   Ebury Press
Imprint:   Virgin Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.968kg
ISBN:  

9780753540756

ISBN 10:   0753540754
Pages:   784
Publication Date:   05 July 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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This exhaustively researched life of the Beatles' chief cynic, John Lennon, aims to get beneath the surface gloss ... a compelling account -- Mark Edmonds The Sunday Times

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Tim Riley is the author of several books, including Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (Vintage 1988), Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary (Vintage, 1992, Da Capo 1999), and Fever: How Rock' N' Roll Transformed Gender In America (Picador 2005); and has contributed to Newsweek and The Washington Post, among other publications.

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