| In more ways than one, the BIG bestseller of 2000. A huge coffee-table size history of the Beatles, chockful of hundreds of photographs, color and black and white, with text consisting solely of interviews with and commentary by the lads themselves. Extensive print and broadcast interviews with Lennon are woven seamlessly into the mix, and there are contributions from some of the other players -- e.g., George Martin, Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor. For someone who has read the Hunter Davies, Philip Norman, _Lennon Remembers_, _Apple to the Core_, _A Hard Day's Write_ and other accounts, perhaps the biggest surprise of this version is how sharp and independent George Harrison is (and was). Lennon always had the image of the working-class rebel, but even in the 1960s, he often sat docile for the stupid things the Beatles were expected to be and do, while Harrison sometimes said, "I don't have to do that." The book is especially illuminating for the period of touring Britain in 1963 between their first EMI sessions and heading to the U.S. Harrison is especially honest about drugs, McCartney remains somewhat coy. An enthralling book for any Beatles fan (tons more fodder for trivia challenges: which songs have only two Beatles playing on them? what did Paul buy John for his 21st birthday?) or child of the 1960s. | ||
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Plot & Themes job/profession: Job/profession/poverty story Yes Story of entertainer? - Singer/Dancer Subject of Biography Gender - Male Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Nationality - British Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 () United States Yes The US: - Northeast - Deep South - California Europe Yes European country: - England/UK City? Yes City: - London - dirty, grimy (like New York) - Misc setting - Fancy Mansion - resort/hotel Century: - 1960's-1970's Writing Style Book makes you feel? - very happy - like laughing Graphic sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - Pictures/Illustrations? - More than 15 in color How much dialogue in bio? - mostly dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 51%-75% of book |
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