The John Lennon Letters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316200783)

A lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary musician and songwriter.

John Lennon was one of the greatest songwriters the world has ever known, creator of "Help!", "Come Together", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Imagine", and dozens more. But it was in his correspondences that he let his personality and poetry flow unguarded. Now, gathered for the first time in book form, are his letters to family, friends, strangers, and lovers from every point in his life. Funny, informative, wise, poetic, and sometimes heartbreaking, his letters illuminate a never-before-seen intimate side of the private genius.

This groundbreaking collection of almost 300 letters and postcards has been edited and annotated by Hunter Davies, whose authorized biography The Beatles (1968) was published to great acclaim. With unparalleled knowledge of Lennon and his contemporaries, Davies reads between the lines of the artist's words, contextualizing them in Lennon's life and using them to reveal the man himself.

Author: John Lennon
ISBN-10: 0316200786
ISBN-13: 9780316200783
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Language: English
Published: 10/29/2013
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.00w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 11/15/2013 pg. 83