Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music - The Definitive Life

by Tim Riley

Book Overview

In his commanding new book, the eminent NPR critic Tim Riley takes us on the remarkable journey that brought a Liverpool art student from a disastrous childhood to the highest realms of fame.

Riley portrays Lennon's rise from Hamburg's red light district to Britain's Royal Variety Show; from the charmed naivet (c)f "Love Me Do" to the soaring ambivalence of "Don't Let Me Down"; from his shotgun marriage to Cynthia Powell in 1962 to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401324525
• ISBN13: 9781401324520
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher