A Beatle's literary side
"In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works" by John Lennon, with introductions by Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney; Simon & Schuster (96 pages, $15)
Well before he met Yoko Ono, John Lennon had a habit of going his own way. As early as 1964 - at the height of Beatlemania - he published "In His Own Write," a collection of off-kilter poems and stories with line drawings; he followed it the next year with "A Spaniard in the Works." Both books are satirical, full of whimsy, but also marked by that distinctive Lennon edge...
Read more... Here.
Well before he met Yoko Ono, John Lennon had a habit of going his own way. As early as 1964 - at the height of Beatlemania - he published "In His Own Write," a collection of off-kilter poems and stories with line drawings; he followed it the next year with "A Spaniard in the Works." Both books are satirical, full of whimsy, but also marked by that distinctive Lennon edge...
Read more... Here.
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