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The Last Days of John Lennon

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The Last Days of John Lennon

By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Mathew Wolf, K.C. Clyde
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'Incredibly tense and thriller-like . . . I totally recommend it' LEE CHILD

'The dialogue is punchy, cinematic . . . we get inside the mind of Patterson's villain, the delusional Chapman, through periodic chapters from his point of view as he works up the courage to pull the trigger on Lennon' GQ

'Pure Patterson: fast-paced, no-frills' SUNDAY TIMES
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The greatest true-crime story in music history.

A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR

In the summer of 1980, ten years after the break-up of the Beatles, John Lennon signed with a new label, ready to record new music for the first time in years. Everyone was awestruck when Lennon dashed off '(Just Like) Starting Over'. Lennon was back in peak form, with his best songwriting since 'Imagine'.

A DANGEROUSLY OBSESSED FAN

In the years after Lennon left the Beatles, becoming a solo artist and making a life with Yoko Ono in New York City, Mark David Chapman had become fixated on murdering his former hero. He was convinced that Lennon had squandered his talent and betrayed his fans. In December 1980, Chapman boarded a flight from Hawaii to New York with a handgun stowed in his luggage. He was never going home again.

A MURDER THAT STUNNED THE WORLD

Enriched by exclusive interviews with Lennon's friends and associates, including Paul McCartney, The Last Days of John Lennon is a true-crime drama about two men who changed history. One whose indelible songs enliven our world to this day, and the other who ended the music with five pulls of a trigger.

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Critic Reviews

Incredibly tense and thriller-like . . . I totally recommend it (Lee Child)
The dialogue is punchy, cinematic . . . we get inside the mind of Patterson's villain, the delusional Chapman, through periodic chapters from his point of view as he works up the courage to pull the trigger on Lennon
Pure Patterson: fast-paced, no-frills
We do get the details of Lennon's last days. But we get plenty, too, about his life before that, from childhood onwards. There's also a distinctly thriller-like structure - to go with the thriller-like prose - as Lennon's full story is interspersed with increasingly sinister scenes of Chapman arriving in New York . . . Patterson's admiration for Lennon is clear. Nonetheless, the thoroughly researched biography does remind us again what a contradictory and often troubled character he was.
All stars
Most relevant
The entire story given in one book!
Beautifully narrated!
Highly recommended.
Very easy listening!
Well done!

brilliantly narrated!

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I really enjoyed this book. I got a lot more than I expected with the history of the early days of the Beatles and how hard they worked. The book also gave an overwhelming sense of of pure exhaustion that they experienced with such profound and relentless fame. John Lennon's reprieve to this he found in New York where he could walk freely with minimal harassment. Also didn't paint Yoko as the enemy like many books do. Interesting to learn of his days in LA and his come back musically. The violent way he passed was incredibly moving especially when he seemed very happy in his life at the time definitely robbing the world of him and what he did next. I would of been interested in hearing more around the history after he passed as well and about how Mark Chapman was never granted bail. A will read this again for sure as it had amazing details of music history. I look forward to reading the Kennedy Curse, James Patterson is a wonderful storyteller and history writer.

If you are a Beatles fan, you'll love this

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Very well narrated and a bit of a bio of the Beatles woven around some insight into the lunatic assassin of Lennon. Enjoyed the story a lot.

Really good

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Well researched. Great book about a great Man. Sad he died at the best stage of his life. RIP John.

Great read.Well researched. Great book. RIP

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Attempts at impersonating characters were poorly executed and distracted from the narrative. A very important part of history deserved better

Poor vocal impersonation

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