Beatlebone

In the late 1960s John Lennon bought an island off the west coast of Ireland. Most Irish people are aware of it. Ask anyone about John Lennon's island or 'Beatle Island' and they'll know what you're talking about. Beatlebone is a fictionalised tale of John Lennon's attempt to visit his island in 197......more

Author Kevin Barry crossbreeds the myth/legend of John Lennon with the man he was, in this fable-like, surreal story of one Beatle’s odyssey. Lennon bought an island in Western Ireland almost a decade before, also known as Beatle Island. He’d only been once. Now, it’s 1978, and he’s in the midst of......more

“People go strange out here, John. You wouldn’t be the first and you wouldn’t be the last.” This wild, free-wheeling tale imagines a visit by John Lennon to Dorinish island (pictured above) off the west coast of Ireland in 1978. Haunted by his own demons, particularly the premature death of his mothe......more

The year 1978 was not a creatively rewarding one for John Lennon – yes, THAT John Lennon. He spent most of his time in America, playing househusband and nursemaid to his young son Sean. After undergoing primal scream therapy with Arthur Janov, he viewed himself as unburdened…yet he was also creative......more

started on audio & switched over to print... it didn't help. At first blush, this was merely irritating in the way that Adele is irritating when singing about “when we were young” when she is twenty-freaking-five. Most of the time I can forget that she is a (hyperbolically successful) child and focus......more