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Lennon

the Man, the Myth, the Music-- the Definitive Life
Dec 30, 2015fugeninkan rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I have read quite a few books on John Lennon, including A Twist of Lennon by Cynthia Lennon, Lennon by Ray Coleman, The Lives of John Lennon by Albert Goldman and The Last Days of John Lennon by Fred Seaman, plus a few others and quite a few on the Beatles as well. It has been several years since I read much about Lennon as I find it too heartbreaking. I remember the day John Lennon was shot and It still makes me sad to think about it. Riley does a good job of portraying Lennon and the irony of the man who brought so much happiness to so many people through the music of the Beatles and whose life was marked with one tragedy after another and whose own life ended so suddenly and tragically. The bulk of this book focuses on the Beatles' years as one might expect. But I would have liked to read more about Lennon's life outside the Beatles and outside the music business. The last five years of Lennon's life are not really covered in detail as the author finds the most reliable sources of information on Lennon's life to be musicians, producers, recording engineers and so on and Lennon was not around them much between 1975 and 1980. But for Lennon fans or anyone interested in this brilliant, troubled man who revolutionized rock music this book is a must read.