Compelling … a portal into a more eccentric age of pop, a fable about the tension between celebrity and creativity * Guardian *An engrossing testimony about [McCartney’s] post-Beatles renaissance * Financial Times, Books of the Year *The astonishing, unruly story of how [Paul McCartney found] a way to exist alongside his inescapable past …. interleaved with rich archive material [and] elegantly annotated with timelines and discographies, this book skilfully patchworks together testimony from all the Beatles, McCartney’s family, friends and bandmates, and external sources … demanding re-evaluation, fostering revelation * Sunday Times *A must-read … Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run takes readers on an inspiring journey from the rudimentary efforts behind Wings’ Wild Life in 1971 through the apex of arena rock in the mid-1970s and beyond * Salon *

Paul McCartney

Born in Liverpool in 1942, Paul McCartney was raised in the city and educated at the Liverpool Institute. Since writing his first song at 14, McCartney has dreamed and dared to be different. He lives in England.

Ted Widmer

Ted Widmer is a historian, writer, librarian, and musician who writes about American history in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and other venues. He has taught at Harvard, Brown, and Washington College. In 2022 he was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.

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