Book description
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.
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.
