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John Lennon: In His Life

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I was very disappointed that his boys were not included in "HIS LIFE"! At least Cynthia Lennon's in a couple of pics ~

This is a somewhat spotty photobiography of Lennon's life. The black and white photos are reproduced beautifully and in large format. However, there are the usual egeregious errors that devoted Beatlemaniacs are forever complaining about, such as photos from 1964 included in a chapter called "1963," photos of the making of the film "How I Won The War" (filmed 1966) in a "1967" chapter, etc.
etc. Moreover, the chronology of the chapters overall is a hash... there is a vague attempt to put everything in order but pictures from the Beatle's final tour come *after* "How I Won The War," as but one of many examples. Too often the shots simply show Lennon's face and not his surroundings or context; more variety might enhance the story and the visual experience. Surprisingly, there is only one photo of Lennon taken after 1975 in the whole book. The fond introduction by Yoko Ono contains a typo. This book is clearly well-meant and Lennon fans will enjoy browsing it for an hour as with any collection of photographs, but a much better and comprehensive photobio was released back in 1988 to accompany the "Imagine" documentary movie.

The contents of this book are incredible, but having waited over six months to receive this book described as "HARDCOVER" I was quite disappointed to receive what would best be described as a thick "PAPERBACK". And at that it was contained in a flimsy soft sided bag allowing the corners and edges to get creased.

THIS IS NOT WHAT I WOULD CALL A "HARDCOVER" BOOK, although the contents are worthy of a nice coffee-table hardcover.