AnyBook4Less.com	Find the Best Price on the Web Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Home  |  Store List  |  FAQ  |  Contact Us  |
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money Keyword AuthorISBN

Title: Lennon in America: Based in Part on the Lost Lennon Diaries 1971-1980 by Geoffrey Giuliano ISBN: 0-8154-1157-X Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95

Your Country USA Canada United Kingdom Australia Austria Belgium France Germany Italy Netherlands Switzerland Currency AutoUSD CAD GBP EUR AUD CHF Delivery Only cheapest delivery All delivery options Include Used Books Are you a club member of: Barnes and Noble Books A Million Chapters.Indigo.ca

Average Customer Rating: 1.57 (7 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: [Weak]
Comment: Having only recently become interested in John Lennon's music, ... It was a very poor introduction to the artist.
I picked it up because it purported to be about the final ten years of Lennon's life, which seemed the most interesting from my limited knowledge.
The book left many gaps in its narration, many times referring to events never explained, seeming to have the assumption that the reader already knew much about Lennon, and so for me thus failed abysmally as a biography of this period. And rather than help me get an understanding on the man, all I found was lots of stories about drug use, [and weaknesses]. Hardly what I was hoping for in wanting to know more about the man behind great music. I'm sure all these things were part of Lennon's life, as they are of many other successful people, but at the end I was left with an unbalanced and unconvincing tale that told me nothing of real value, and left me with no impression of Lennon or any understanding of what made him great. The author at the start of the book tries to justify his tales by saying he wants to give a full picture of the man, but some-one might like to point out to him that involvement in [weaknesses]is quite easily accomplished by millions of nobodies that never achieve anything. These things tell me little about what made Lennon who he was.
The only reason I got through the whole book was the author's easy to read style, and the hope that something interesting was going to appear about Lennon's last creative efforts before his murder. Alas, I was sadly disappointed. As a whole the author has little to say on Lennon's creativity and music, and some music released in this period is not even mentioned.
The more I reflect on this book the more it strikes me as tabloid gutter press and I regret ever having paid for it. I hope my review along with the others here on Amazon helps dissuade others from buying this book.

Rating: 1
Summary: All you need is...yuk!
Comment: I really felt the need to wash my hands after reading this prurient waste of paper.
If only a tenth of this book were true (and I doubt even that to be the case)Lennon must heve been a true monster.As it is the "author" indulges in wild speculation generally from unnamed sources or from bitter ex-insiders with definite axes to grind or unlikely stories to sell.
Giuliano purports to glean much of this insight from Lennons personal diaries,but as he is unable to show direct quotes his integrity must be questioned.
He shows little or no musical insight (rather a prerequisite I would have thought)and most of the time reads like a gossipy matron spreading dirt over a garden fence.
..makes Albert Goldmans book read like literature.Avoid

Rating: 1
Summary: GUILIANO'S BAD KARMA
Comment: Geoffrey Guiliano's book " Lennon in America" is a devious piece of lowly thrash out to make a few quick bucks.
Mr. Guiliano has dedicated this book to his mentor and master A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada of the KRSNA consciousness. Being a hindu myself, i wonder how a genuine disciple of " KRSNA Consciousness" can sink to such prurient depths... or is it just the author living out his bad karma?
As a Lennon follower one is left cheated because most of Lennon's supposed escapades ( as recounted by the author) are nothing but cooked-up hogwash without proof or substance.
It is easy to write such books. I paid Rs 500/- for this garbage and i don't suppose Mr Guilaino will return the money back.