Being John Lennon

An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologised musicians of the twentieth century. 'A superb portrait of a dissatisfied star' - Daily TelegraphJohn Lennon was a rock star, a school clown, a writer, a wit, an iconoclast, a sometime peace activist and finally an eccentric millionaire. He was also a Beatle - whose plain-speaking and impudent rejection of authority encapsulated the group's moment in history.Chronicling a troubled life,Being John Lennon analyses the contradictions in the singer-songwriter's creative and destructive personality. As a journalist, author Ray Connolly had a close working relationship with Lennon, and the entire Beatles coterie. Drawing on many interviews and conversations with Lennon, his first wife Cynthia and second Yoko Ono, as well as his girlfriend May Pang and song-writing partner Paul McCartney, this complex portrait is a revealing insight into a restless man whose emotional turbulence governed his life and talent. 9781474606820 £9.99 W&N www.rayconnolly.co.uk@rayconnolly John Lennon was a rock star, a school clown, a writer, a wit, an iconoclast, a sometime peace activist and finally an eccentric millionaire. He was also a Beatle - his plain-speaking and impudent rejection of authority catching, and eloquently articulating, the group's moment in history.Chronicling a famously troubled life, Being John Lennon analyses the contradictions in the singer-songwriter's creative and destructive personality. Drawing on many interviews and conversations with Lennon, his first wife Cynthia and second Yoko Ono, as well as his girlfriend May Pang and song-writing partner Paul McCartney, Ray Connolly unsparingly reassesses the chameleon nature of the perpetually dissatisfied star who just couldn't stop reinventing himself.