{"product_id":"john-lennon-the-life-9780060754020","title":"John Lennon: The Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more than a quarter century, biographer Philip Norman's internationally bestselling \u003cem\u003eShout!\u003c\/em\u003e has been unchallenged as the definitive biography of the Beatles. Now, at last, Norman turns his formidable talent to the Beatle for whom being a Beatle was never enough. Drawing on previously untapped sources, and with unprecedented access to all the major characters, Norman presents the comprehensive and most revealing portrait of John Lennon ever published.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis masterly biography takes a fresh and penetrating look at every aspect of Lennon's much-chronicled life, including the songs that have turned him, posthumously, into a near-secular saint. In three years of research, Norman has turned up an extraordinary amount of new information about even the best-known episodes of Lennon folklore--his upbringing by his strict Aunt Mimi; his allegedly wasted school and student days; the evolution of his peerless creative partnership with Paul McCartney; his Beatle-busting love affair with a Japanese performance artist; his forays into painting and literature; his experiments with Transcendental Meditation, primal scream therapy, and drugs. The book's numerous key informants and interviewees include Sir Paul McCartney, Sir George Martin, Sean Lennon--whose moving reminiscence reveals his father as never seen before--and Yoko Ono, who speaks with sometimes shocking candor about the inner workings of her marriage to John.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] haunting, mammoth, terrific piece of work.\" -\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonest and unflinching, as John himself would wish, Norman gives us the whole man in all his endless contradictions--tough and cynical, hilariously funny but also naive, vulnerable and insecure--and reveals how the mother who gave him away as a toddler haunted his mind and his music for the rest of his days. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Norman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.78w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060754020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/20\/2009 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman, Philip:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Norman is a novelist, biographer, journalist, and playwright. He is the author of the bestselling biography \u003cem\u003eJohn Lennon: The Life\u003c\/em\u003e and the history of \u003cem\u003eThe Beatles Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation\u003c\/em\u003e. Norman has also published biographies of Buddy Holly, the Rolling Stones, and Elton John, as well as six works of fiction and two plays, \u003cem\u003eThe Man That Got Away\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWords of Love\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43099507261555,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":24.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_863efff5-b341-490a-9d91-e8a1b848e117.jpg?v=1748702233","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/john-lennon-the-life-9780060754020","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}