Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon
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Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon, first published in 2000 and written by New York journalist Robert Rosen, who in 1981 had access to John Lennon's diaries, is a controversial account of the ex-Beatle's last five years. Rosen says in the book's first chapter, "John Lennon's Diaries," that he used his memory of Lennon's diaries as "a roadmap to the truth."[citation needed] The title of the book refers to The Beatles' song "Nowhere Man" (which was written and sung primarily by Lennon).
Content
The book disputes the official view of Lennon as a contented househusband raising his son Sean and baking bread while
The final part of the book, The Coda, focuses on the mental disintegration of Lennon's assassin,
Release and reception
Originally written in 1982, the manuscript remained unpublished for 18 years.
In 2003, Random House Mondadori brought out a Spanish-language edition in Latin America. The book received extensive coverage[. Nowhere Man appeared on bestseller lists in Mexico and Colombia.
References
- ^ “Nowhereman. Los últimos días de John Lennon”, de Robert Rosen Archived May 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nowhere man es la historia de un John Lennon atormentado: Rosen" Archived February 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Presentan en libro la parte humana de John Lennon" Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cómo es trabajar con John Lennon"
- ^ "Los sueños de John Lennon"[dead link]
- ^ "John Lennon en letras" Archived December 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine