2/9/2024 0 Comments Tell me why beatles bookBut he has written a small gem of a book, filled with characterful stories and effective pen-portraits of the group. Once I return the book to the library, I may have to purchase it since it's one of the rare Beatle books I'd be interested in re-reading in the future.As such, his story only covers the group's earliest days, up until 1961. I haven't quite finished the book yet, but I'm already looking forward to reading his book on Princess Margaret. Be warned that the author is pretty sarcastic and does not pull punches. The book is meant to entertain and it certainly does. The author gets a few facts wrong, but that's just nit-picking. Did you know the driver that killed Julia Lennon later delivered fan mail to Paul McCartney? I didn't. He takes many familiar events and adds details that I hadn't read before. There's virtually nothing about the music itself, which is fine. It's basically 150 anecdotes about specific people or events from the Beatle years. ![]() It's not a straight re-telling like Lewisohn. This book however, seems to be aimed precisely at those of us already very familiar with the story. Now, like many of us on this forum, I've read many, many, Beatles-related books and I'm pretty skeptical whenever I see yet another one. The description of the book the magazine gave wasn't terribly encouraging, but fortunately my local library had a copy. ![]() ![]() I read in Time magazine recently that this was one of the year's best books.
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