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Paul McCartney: A Life

Paul McCartney: A Life

by PeterAmesCarlin (Author)

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 384
 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ome
Published: 01 Oct 2010
ISBN 10: 1416562109
ISBN 13: 9781416562108

Media Reviews
As he did with his superb biography of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, Peter Ames Carlin has done it again. His biography of Paul McCartney has the same keen insights, the same flowing prose, the same crisp narrative. What emerges is a full-blown portrait of one of our greatest icons and enigmas. If there is anyone who writes about modern musicians better than Carlin does, I don't know who it could possibly be. -- Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights
Peter Ames Carlin kicks out the jams, with a frank and revealing portrait of the man behind the myth. Paul McCartney emerges from this account bursting with talent, brilliant and flawed. -- Bob Spitz, author of The Beatles: The Biography
The best thing about Peter Ames Carlin's book is the way he entangles the music and the life, so that we begin to understand them as what they are -- inextricable. This is the kind of book that Paul McCartney's solo work deserves -- enthusiastic but critical, a redemptive reevaluation of what's best about Paul's solo work without denying the worst, and a clear-eyed overview of the Beatles period as a part of a very active, creative, and personal life that endures. -- Dave Marsh, author of Bruce Springsteen on Tour: 1968-2005
Among the many virtues of Carlin's sympathetic yet discerning portrait is the way he turns so many familiar details into a fresh life story. This is the Cute Beatle you only thought you knew, whose good cheer feeds off ferocious ambition. In Carlin's treatment, McCartney's whimsical persona may be even more complicated than his partner's, and since Lennon's death in 1980, requires far more maintenance. -- Tim Riley, author of Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary