John Lennon: The Life
by Philip Norman
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Author: Philip NormanEdition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2008-11-01
ISBN: 1616795611
Number of pages: 864
Publisher: Ecco
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Book Review: A Rounded Biography, Not a Pop Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Philip Norman has written a serious John Lennon biography. Here we see the Liverpool "abandoned" child, rock 'n' roll punk, prima donna superstar, absurdly talented and original lyricist, gross exhibitionist (for good and for ill), and tormented husband in all his good and ill detail. I couldn't put it down.
While once (1977-82) a Lennon fanatic who filled love letters to girlfriends with Lennon lyrics, I had since become an attorney, a PhD, and a history professor. Not in decades had I read a Beatles book.
Then, for my 47th birthday, my wife blessed me with this.
Norman has provided a wealth of previously unknown details, which he gleaned from personal interaction with everyone significant in Lennon's life: his first wife, his second wife/widow, his son, his stepmother, Paul McCartney, and a host of other people who knew him as a child, young Beatle in Germany, househusband, and at seemingly every other juncture of his life.
This book sheds much new light on the most important facet of Lennon's life: his lyrics. The most insightful appraisal of Lennon's work I've ever read comes at the book's end, where his second son reminisces about the father he barely remembers. This chapter, like much else in the book, is gripping, rousing, intellectually stimulating, and profoundly sad.
If you like John Lennon, read this book. If you dislike him, read this book. If you would understand the world in the last 50 years, read this book.
If you can't get "I Am the Walrus" out of your head after all these years, read this book.
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