UpdatedtoincludePaulMcCartney’sknightingandthedeathsofJohnLennonandGeorgeHarrison.PhilipNorman’sbiographyoftheBeatlesisthedefinitiveworkontheworld’smostinfluentialband--abeautifullywrittenaccountoftheirlives,theirmusic,andtheirtimes.Nowbroughtcompletelyuptodate,thisepictalechartstheriseoffourscruffyLiverpoolladsfromtheirwild,oftencomicalearlydaystotheastonishingheightsofBeatlemania,fromthechaosofAppleandthecollapseofhippyidealismtotheband’sacrimonioussplit.ItalsodescribestheirstruggletoescapethesmotheringBeatles’legacyandthetragicdeathsofJohnLennonandGeorgeHarrison.Witty,insightful,andmoving,Shout!isessentialreadingnotjustforBeatlesfansbutforanyonewithaninterestinpopmusic.
