Understanding John Lennon

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Understanding John Lennon takes us back to where it all began. While other writers have only touched on the ’cause’ of John’s genius, Francis Kenny reveals its roots in the post-war nature of Liverpool, John’s family with its complex history, and the pain and hurt John felt during his childhood, revealing how his early life experiences shaped his brilliance as a songwriter and musician. Of all the books on The Beatles, this is the only one by an author who was himself born and raised under the same influences as the band’s, in the heart of Liverpool. Covering Lennon’s life from Liverpool to New York, Kenny writes with sympathetic understanding of the confusion, pain, and corrosiveness that can, at times, accompany the demands and expectations of the creative process at its highest level. With new material revealing the real source of inspiration of ‘Strawberry Fields.’