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Bono: In the Name of Love

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I echo the comments of the previous reviewers. Don't waste your money. Not only does this book present a tedious repetition of facts and stories already well known to even a casual U2 fan, it can't even get those facts right! The book states that Bono's father dropped the family off at a Catholic Church before driving himself to another church. This contradicts the correct statement on the preceding page that Bob Hewson was Catholic, while Bono, his mother and brother were Protestant. In the same paragraph the Dublin neighborhood of "Glasnevin" is misspelled "Asnevin". The hearing aid shop from which Bono took his name is misspelled, and perhaps most galling of all, the author can't even get the full name of Larry Mullen, Jr. right! And this is just chapter one!

I have to agree that this book was simply thrown together to make a quick buck and therefore not worth purchasing. I would suggest skipping this one and purchasing Bono: In Conversation With Michka Assayas, which includes a pretty good account of Bono's life from the man himself.

Don't waste your money on this book. It has ridiculous errors on almost every page that any fan is going to recognize immediately. It's like a book someone would write about a subject they have no real interest in just for money. Don't contribute.

This book offers absolutely nothing new and doesn't seem to offer anything new or substantive. This is as bad as the biography of Bono by that woman. Ack!