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Language:Chinese.HardCover. Pub the Date: September. 2011 Pages: 784 in Publisher: Virgin Books Music historian and journalist Tim Riley's biography challenges a many withpopular 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. celeity associates and busi...
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About the Author
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.
Review
"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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- PublisherVirgin Books
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0753540193
- ISBN 13 9780753540190
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages784
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