George Harrison
The Reluctant Beatle
$36.03
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2023
Summary
From the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the bestselling John Lennon: The Life comes a revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most undervalued and mysterious Beatle.
Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in his early decades, battled feelings of inferiority. He was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background and, typically, was …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398513419 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398513415 |
| Author: | Philip Norman |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 644g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 34mm |
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Critics Review
‘Norman has fashioned an authoritative portrait of Harrison that leaves you liking and feeling sympathy for his subject while being fully aware of the tetchiness…that was never far away’ – Will Hodgkinson * The Times *
‘You’ve got him’ – Pattie Boyd
‘Norman captures the creativity, the humanity, and the great humor of the man in this keen and lovely tribute’
* Booklist, Starred Review *
‘You have taken your readers right down the steps and into the Cavern as it really was’ – Bill Harry, editor of Mersey Beat
‘(a) fleet and confident new biography…Norman is hardly the first writer to unspool Harrison’s life…but his status as a respected chronicler of The Beatles, and 1960s culture more broadly, makes this biography a significant addition to an otherwise over-saturated field’ * The Telegraph *
‘A deep dive by the acclaimed Beatles biographer paints a revealing portrait of perhaps the most undervalued band member…A fascinating story about a man of contrasts, and a must-read for fans of the Fab Four’ * Woman & Home *
‘Beatles chronicler Philip Norman turns his attention to the shadowy George Harrison…Norman sheds light on his poor but happy childhood in Wavertree, Liverpool, and traces the path to The Beatles with assurance’ * Daily Express *
‘a fully realised portrait of a complex man: spiritual but peevish, brilliantly talented, but for ever shadowed by the Lennon/McCartney axis’ * The Times, Books of the Year *
‘[A] partial re-evaluation of the most underated Beatle [which] contains valuable input from Harrison’s second wife Olivia and their son Dhani’ * Uncut *
About The Author
Philip Norman
Philip Norman has an international reputation as a chronicler of pop music and culture. Shout!, his groundbreaking biography of the Beatles, first published in 1981, has been continuously in print ever since. He went on to write definitive biographies of the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Sir Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and most recently George Harrison. Also an award-winning writer of fiction, he was one of Granta’s first Top 20 Young British Novelists.
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