Who better, then, to capture the Beatles phenomenon than Craig Brown-the inimitable author of Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret and master chronicler of the foibles and foppishness of British high society? This wide-ranging portrait of the four lads from Liverpool rivals the unique spectacle of the band itself by delving into a vast catalog of heretofore unexamined lore. When they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, fresh off the plane from England, they provoked an epidemic of hoarse-throated fandom that continues to this day. Their influence extends far beyond music and into realms as diverse as fashion and fine art, sexual politics and religion. Alan Johnson, The Spectator Though fifty years have passed since the breakup of the Beatles, the fab four continue to occupy an utterly unique place in popular culture. If you want to know what it was like to live those extraordinary Beatles years in real time, read this book. Winner of the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non- FictionĪ distinctive portrait of the Fab Four by one of the sharpest and wittiest writers of our time
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