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Book SynopsisMusic 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.
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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 *
