This unique book - a stylistic cross between "News of the Weird" and "In Cold Blood" - is a fascinating exploration of a popular urban legend, the alleged "death" of Beatle Paul McCartney. I am neither a Beatles fanatic nor a student of contemporary myth, but I loved this book! Intelligently-written and comprehensive, "Turn Me On, Dead Man" is a witty, trippy walk down memory lane for those of us who remember hearing the rumors of McCartney's demise - and simply big fun for everyone else. A nifty case study on how urban legends are born and how they can take on a life of their own

"Turn Me On, Dead Man" is an excellent book and is very interestingly written. While the story is a historical account of a slice of life from our musical past, it reads like a novel. I am not an avid Beatles fan, but I was totally captivated by the book. Andru Reeve obviously spent a lot of time researching the background for his book and talking to the people who actually lived through and participated in some way in the Paul is Dead hoax. It is delightful reading and is a book that I would heartily recommend to anyone, but especially to those fans of the fab four. My only complaint is that this is the only book that Reeve has published. The guy has the talent to be recognized as a first-rate journalist and novelist

Beatle fans always knew that someday there'd be a whole book on the subject, but this book surpassed my expectations. Before reading this book, every written account of the 'Paul Is Dead' rumor seemed the same to me...not much more than a list of the 'clues' and the Beatles' explanations. But Andre Reeves' book is not just a listing of clues...in fact, he saves that for the very end of the book. Instead he wisely gets behind the origin and evolution of the rumor, showing how a college student's tongue in cheek newspaper article snowballed into a national obsession, almost like a small fire gradually getting out of control and turning into an inferno. Reeves puts the reader right into those crazy weeks of October 1969 so that he/she can get a glimpse of a world unsure if the baby-faced Beatle was still walking the Earth, barefoot or otherwise. The accounts from the rumor's key players provide information previously unavailable in any Beatle books, and shed new light on many areas. Those who continue to profess that the Beatles concocted the whole thing really need to read this book before uttering another word about it. If you just want a fun-to-read listing of clues, there are many web sites that provide one. But if you are looking for some true stories behind the rumor that put it in a whole new perspective (in other words, if you truly wish to learn something,) 'Turn Me On Dead Man' more than satisfies.