The John Lennon Letters, John Lennon
The John Lennon Letters, John Lennon
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The John Lennon Letters

Author: John Lennon, Hunter Davies, Hunter Davies

Narrator: Christopher Eccleston, Allan Corduner, Hunter Davies, Yoko Ono

Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/09/2012


Synopsis

A lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary musician and songwriter.

John Lennon was one of the greatest songwriters the world has ever known, creator of "Help!", "Come Together", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Imagine", and dozens more. But it was in his correspondences that he let his personality and poetry flow unguarded. Now, gathered for the first time in book form, are his letters to family, friends, strangers, and lovers from every point in his life. Funny, informative, wise, poetic, and sometimes heartbreaking, his letters illuminate a never-before-seen intimate side of the private genius.

This groundbreaking collection of almost 300 letters and postcards has been edited and annotated by Hunter Davies, whose authorized biography The Beatles (1968) was published to great acclaim. With unparalleled knowledge of Lennon and his contemporaries, Davies reads between the lines of the artist's words, contextualizing them in Lennon's life and using them to reveal the man himself.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shirley on August 06, 2018

I have just finished a truly exceptional audiobook which I feel privileged to have read. Throughout the years I have listened to the music of the Beatles and then to John Lennon also Paul McCartney with wings. When I started listening to this audiobook I didn't think I would learn much through listeni......more

Goodreads review by R. Scot on December 27, 2012

Fascinating, if spotty insight into Lennon's life, marred by sketchy commentary and innumerable transcription errors (for which I've sent in several corrections to the editor). Only some two dozen of the 285 "letters" included in this collection are worth the time to read (fewer than half are even l......more

Goodreads review by Renata on January 08, 2015

OK it probably goes without saying that you should only read this if you are already a pretty big Beatles/Lennon fan. If you are, you will probably like this. Hunter Davies does a good job of providing context for the letters which vary wildly from short postcards to his aunt to letters to fans to d......more

Goodreads review by Fromwordstoworlds on June 21, 2016

The reaction of John Lennon to most things, whether joy or anger, fear or loathing, fun or fury, was to write it down. He responded with words, not just music. It was entirely natural for him to put pen to paper whenever he had an idea, a thought, or a desire to communicate. Hunter David says in the......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on February 03, 2017

Hunter Davies has done well with this collection of letters, postcards, notes and lists all written by the late great John Lennon. The brief biography at the beginning of the book is all stuff you would already know if you are a Lennon fan but it's still good to go over it again and I guess useful i......more