Lennon had a true wit and a fondness for word play. It is difficult to read too much of this convoluted cruelty at one sitting, but it makes good browsing, and the pictures by the author are superb. It is also fascinating for the insight it cannot help but occasionally give us into the workings of Lennon's mind, and his opinions of his own life at the time.

Lennons two books, first published in the mid 1960's, at the time of the Beatles hayday should be read as part of the whole Beatlemania phenomena. Lennon was trapped in the Beatles, a world he both loved and hated, and one of the ways to express his artistic flair outside of the music was to write books. His books were sharply satirical and humorous, exhibiting an understanding of the world as Lennon saw it. Lennon's writings were primarily influenced by Peter Sellers and the Goons (predecessors of Monty Python), and the stories are sadly hysterical, carrying the same rapier wit and deep universal insight that Lennon expressed a few years later on the lyrics of Sgt. Pepper and the White Album. These 2 volumes really give an insight into the mind of Lennon, the callous and cynical but deeply philosopical and genious-inspired works of a major, influential artist of the 1960's. Lennon wrote and played music in the top supergroup of the 1960's, appeared in films, created obscure artwork, made political and religious statements and wrote classic books. These are those books. Read and reflect on the genius of John Lennon.

I first read, or tried to read, "In His Own Write" when I was 14, at boarding school in England. Tears rolled down my cheeks! It was impossible to read the stories out loud to any hapless listener without collapsing into hysteria. The book was already out of print then, 1973. An instant collector's item! Greatly coveted! Years later I came across paperbacks of both books, sadly, in the wake of JL's tragic death. They took pride of place in my library. I lost them, or somebody stole them, a few years ago and I miss them more than any other book that's similarly walked from my home, now in the USA. I cannot recommend these works highly enough to anyone who appreciates offbeat humour. 5 stars really aren't enough for material SO brilliant and SO unique. The man and his work were, quite simply, pure genius.

This is a well written and fascinating step by step, blow by blow account of the Beatles' daily lives as well as a good general overview of the band's inception and break up. I liked the way the author gave great detail to the myth about Paul's "death" and his equally mythical "twin" who filled in for him.

Although there are a few grammatical issues, this book is sure to delight most Beatles fans with its sharp, trenchant writing style. The individualized treatment each Beatle receives makes this well worth the read.

I would give the book a thumbs up for creativity and entertainment value. The story is kind of creepy with the idea of Paul being killed and replaced but it makes for a good read. I can imagine those who see Paul as some kind of God would not like it, but that is what helps make it a great book. Political red-necks would not like it as it is true to the politics of the 60s when the group led the drug and anti-war call. I also believe the story could be true as it fits the real biography of the Beatles, its way accurate.

I have heard of the great "Paul Is Dead" rumor. After reading this book I don't believe it is a rumor anymore!!! It is pretty tight and believable in its presentation as a story of the Beatle experience (from a Beatle standpoint) and his death and replacement.

It's not really her fault, but Cynthia Lennon has written a fairly bland book. She obviously doesn't realize what is so interesting about the guy, and what' makes a decent memoir. Gossip, juicy stories etc. For me, one of the most fascinating things about Lennon was that he was a Liverpool thug who had to wear a Beatle suit. Cynthia Lennon really comes across as being a bit dim. For my money, the most interesting part of a famous person's life, is what they were like before they were famous - she could have done a better job on this early period. For a decent book, read Albert Goldman's book or Pete Shotton's "In My Life".

Cynthia's book was short on details once the Beatles took off but the information about the early days in Liverpool was fresh and a part of the story we hadn't heard before. Its obvious that John did love Cynthia at one time but they just grew apart. Cynthia proves herself to be a warm, realistic woman and one who still loves her John even to this day. A touching story.

A bittersweet memoir written by John's first wife Cynthia details their relationship from their days as art students to their hastily planned marriage to Beatlemania to John's meeting with Yoko Ono. John Lennon initially tried to block publication, but legally could not. Failing in that, he read it. He was genuinely surprised how the book was devoid of any malice (Cynthia never took any swipes at Yoko) and he stayed up all night reading this with a lump in his throat. You might do the same.

Geoffrey Giuliano must be suffering writers' block. Or else he just prefers to not do much heavy-lifting, because once again this so-called, self-appointed "expert" has tossed out another slap-dash collection of common old interviews.

Isn't it nice that a clerk can make such a good living?

Believe me, when they say these interviews are lost, it is no lie! I have been ready Beatles books for years and many authors just seem to cut and paste their books together with no thought of orginality, or rarity. Geoffrey Giuliano however is the exception packing this book with interviews I bet John Lennon himself has never seen.

Lennon and Yoko's lost interviews it should be more like. This is a great book with many interviews with john and yoko in their bed-in's etc. In this book it shows john's humorous side, whitty side and of course his deepness. I loved the clippings of the news in the beginnning of the book and learned things i didn't know (like yoko was to divorce john before he died. though it sounded like tabloid talk it probably was real) I love interviews with john because we get to know the real him and learn a lot about him. This was really a great book and it did have good pictures in them most of them unpublished.
A really, really GREAT interview book (besides this) I MUST recommend is The Playboy Interviews With John Lennon and Yoko Ono. That is really the best interview book out there.

I read this book and I believe it is a great analysis on the life of John Lennon. I appreciate the fact that the first reviewer has their own opinion on the book but it is really not a waste of time. I highly recommend this book!!!!!

Having read the two previous reviews, I got a chance to look at the book in the Cleveland Public Library. It is a great source, and a nice addition to the other Lennon books out on the market. It is well researched and gives a clear (although somewhat academic) portrait of an artist worthy of an indepth study. I would highly reccomend to other Lennonologists.

This book is unlike any Lennon book I've read before. It is intuitive and emotionally vivid in its description of Lennon. Beyond the myth of Lennon's "Beatle John" image, The Mourning of John Lennon manages to give you a powerful sense of what his life was about - up close and personal. Fantastic.

Jason Leen does not explain how he "communicates" with John Lennon in depth. Most of the book seems to be spiritual, rather than detailing John Lennon in the afterlife. A disappointingly short "interview" at the end of the book.

A deep and provocative account of the transformations John Lennon experienced at death. This book allows the reader to take a front seat,
on the ride of a lifetime, as the spirit of John Lennon shares his story of the afterlife. Welcomed by his mother, Julia, and surrounded by an infinite number of Divine Beings, John initiates the reader into a vast cosmic awakening, where the Sun and the Moon converse and the Earth awaits the dawning of a Golden Age. A must read for anyone searching for meaning and purpose in the modern world.

I've heard alot of people talk about books that changed their lives, but until I read Peace At Last I never thought I would be able to say those words. Anyone who has ever wondered what happens when we die will be delighted with the beautiful world described within these pages. I will never again be afraid of dying.

The Beatles were more than just a rock band. In historical context, they were part of a huge government engineered social event which has been overseen through the years by secret societies and unknown branches of U.S. and British governments. The engineering continues to evolve today.

As John Lennon has stated, one moment they were playing all kinds of seedy bars, strip joints, and dance clubs across the UK and Europe. A gritty covers band with an attitude and ability to play. The next thing he knew, they were meeting the Queen of England and heads of state across the globe as they toured. Transforming them from a heavy rock band into a cute, loveable teen sensation almost overnight was what their manager Brian Epstein did, as he promised if they did this they'd be rich beyond their dreams and be bigger than Elvis. But it went way beyond even that as their importance ballooned into political issue and their effect on the 'youth culture'. Heads of state took notice of their citizen's enchantment with the band. The 'clean' image Epstein marketed got them into family rooms around the globe; where for the band was where the money they were promised was; and for Tavistock, a worldwide opportunity to capture the minds of the entire world's youth.

What the Beatles got themselves into through Epstein's contracts and guidance, unbeknownst to them, was a role in the New World Order's plans to test out mass mind control. You'll learn about England's top secret Tavistock facilities (which as predicted in the book, now monitors all communications passing in and out of England), and how it secretly helped engineer the Beatles 'invasion' of the U.S. and then the world and why. A discussion of the Beatles' early music, and it's hypnotic "12-atonal" quality attempts to explain the reason their music seems to elicit senses within the brain common in many humans, especially those in a certain age group.

The subject of the group's decision to use and publicize their use of LSD and cannabis marijuana as they began to move in their own direction beyond their manager's initial Beatlemania-era "cute" image, and into the psychedelic-rock/hard rock era, is discussed in detail. Previously unpublished photos of the band using LSD and them performing at their last concerts appear in the book for the first time.

Secret documents are exposed from FBI, CIA files. Social engineering, the mark of the beast, Waco, black choppers, militia, mind control, the drug trade, Nazi connections, UFO and alien appearances, backwards messages. The modern multimedia presentation of music and marketing began here.

The book is not extremely organized in a comprehensible manner. It's best to take this book a chapter at a time. It seems the author may have crammed too much in one book that might have been meant for three since it says this is a trilogy. However you will learn so much more than you may want to know about how the Beatles fit into the cosmic conspiracy that you'll scare yourself. I think every major conspiracy theory is touched upon.

The book seems to weave in and out in this manner, to some great stories about the Beatles on tour and behind the scenes, with previously unpublished photos.

If any of this sounds slightly interesting, believe me, it is quite fascinating, and you should read this book immediately. What you think and saw was happening on the outside, was happening because of some very bizarre coincidences.

Interesting addendum: In 1996 An episode of the TV series "Dark Skies" was based on this book's chapter about the Beatles' first U.S. appearance on a live broadcast of the Ed Sullivan Show in February of 1964. Seen by 73 million viewers across the nation, (that's almost everyone who had a television set then), it was the perfect time to implant the message and test mass mind control. Was it Tavistock who masterminded it all? This book has the answers, and raises even more questions that still don't but one day we may know the answer as more government documents become declassified regarding these operations. (I'm hoping to see parts 2 and 3 of this trilogy get published with all of the events in Beatles and world history that have taken place since the book first came out in 1996.)

I"m glad to meet R. Lipack . His book look like
a nightmare .. but it is only a true analysis of
the real world you're living today ....
Big Brother is alive now , more terrific than
you can imagine...
Thanks Mister Lipack for open our eyes.

Compared with other books in this series, this is on par. Sometimes, you get the feeling that the author does not even like Lennon's music all that much. This book does the job but that's about it.

This book contains numerous good photos of the Lennon family from the late 1970's. Primary locations featured are Hong Kong, Japan and New York City. John, Yoko and Sean are photographed in numerous nature scenes in Japan. John and Sean are pictured swimming together. Zoo visits, picnics and bicycle riding are also featured. In NYC John and Julian are shown sledding together in Central Park. Also, there are pictures from a birthday party in NYC for John and Sean. Overall, this book provides various intimate shots of the Lennon family at leisure.

This book is pretty much a sequel of sorts to Steve Turner's "A Hard Day's Write," which remains the definitive book on the background of the Beatles' songs. Du Noyer was right to decide that Lennon's solo work deserved a similar reference of its own, but, unfortunately, it doesn't measure up to the Turner book. Using the same format, and even some of the same photos, Du Noyer takes us through Lennon's mainstream albums from Plastic Ono Band to Milk & Honey, but in the end can't come up with anything new; it's all a retread of the same old story - and Du Noyer can't decide whether he wants to believe Ray Coleman or Albert Goldman, so he just chooses to dodge the delicate question of whether Lennon, as a person, was an all-around wonderful guy (the 'St Lennon' of rock'n'roll myth) or a deranged, self-destructive hypocrite. Even worse, Du Noyer can't decide whether he's a fan of the music or not. He intersplices fan-like gushing over Lennon's best songs with snide put-downs directed at most of the rest of the repertoire. In the end, there's not much here for either the devoted Lennon fan or the newcomer, who may wonder what all the fuss is about if so much of Lennon's music merits all this criticism.

In the decade that elapsed between the Beatles' dissolution and his death in 1980, John Lennon wrote songs that were inspired by events which affected him personally. Here some light is shed on the biographical background to his solo work by veteran music journalist, Du Noyer, whose 'Q' and 'Mojo' credentials shine through in the magazine-style form and glossy photos.

I don't think that the author is necessary conflicted between the Coleman and Goldman views of Lennon's life so much as looking from the outside, considering all possibilites without claiming to "know" anything. Not as good as A Hard Day's Write, true, but still a very excellent companion to Lennon's life and works.