Customer Reviews

Paul McCartney (Beatles)

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The author explains at the start of the book that he was obliged to write it as part of a contractual agreement to deliver seperat books on each of the fab four. He clearly has no empathy with McCartney and treats him as a run of the mill songwriter and performer with a knack for commerical success. The problem is that this renders any subsequent analysis half hearted and also leads him to write far more about McCartney collaboraters such as Denny Laine than of McCartney himself. So we never get under the skin of the artist nor come any closer to understanding the creative tension and impact of his music. I can only reccommend for the completist who wants to get a reference to secondary Macca sources.

Is there any possibility of giving this book zero stars? What a

tedious and most forgettable read! I completely agree with the previous

customer comment; this book has more to do with the business peripheral

to Paul, not Paul. But in addition to that, Alan Clayson's writing style is

absolutely torturous.

The entire book is composed of weak, endless, one-sentence paragraphs

that meander across perhaps five subjects, adding clause upon wandering

clause, dropping name over unknown name. By the end, you have no clue

what in the world you have just read. I had to read and re-read it

until I could decipher the text's meaning. Alan, do yourself a favor

and brush-up on your basic writing skills.

I learned more about Paul in one 45 minute interview with Larry King

than from this effort by Clayson. This book, unfortunately, is a

complete waste of time, and makes Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago"

feel like a light and happy read.