This is a book written by Hunter Davies. Hunter travelled with the Beatles for sixteen months to write their authorized story in 1968. In this book the author tells you - even better, he lets the Beatles speak for themselves. Earthy, pungent, and wry, the book is full of put-ons and put-downs. No one's reputation is spared.
   This is a mature biographical assessment of four men who, when they performed as a group, were among the world's most famous. Hunter Davies makes the reason for their success apparent. Not only did the Beratles reveal themselves and their families, but they authorized their intimate friends to give information about them. In addition to a forty page photographic section, the book includes the original manuscripts of many of their songs, plus unpublished letters and documents. Here is a complete and candid story of four very intelligent, very talented and very human young men caught in the act of symbolizing an era.
(most of this information was taken from the book sleeve itself.)
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