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There are approximately one billion books about the years preceding, during and following the dissolution of the Beatles. I think this is one of the better ones. It puts you right in the middle of the action by grounding the Beatle's journey in the perspective of one person: Mal Evans.
It's not just a story about the band; it is first and foremost about their roadie. Mal's story is a sad but compelling one. It makes these events feel personal in a way so few tellings do. It less like a detached historical biography and more like reading someone's diary (because technically, we are).
A genuinely interesting read about a man who lived a very strange life, and one that gives us unique anecdotes and a fresh perspective on the band members. Where other biographies either try to sand down the Fab Four's rough edges or play them up for the sake of shocking the reader, Womack is instead both even-keeled and shockingly blunt about their relationship with Mal. You hear everything-- the flattering stuff that explains Mal's loyalty to them, and the not-at-all flattering stuff that shows what this much fame at an early age did to them. It's even willing to paint Mal himself in a not-so flattering light in order to tell the story.
It's not just a story about the band; it is first and foremost about their roadie. Mal's story is a sad but compelling one. It makes these events feel personal in a way so few tellings do. It less like a detached historical biography and more like reading someone's diary (because technically, we are).
A genuinely interesting read about a man who lived a very strange life, and one that gives us unique anecdotes and a fresh perspective on the band members. Where other biographies either try to sand down the Fab Four's rough edges or play them up for the sake of shocking the reader, Womack is instead both even-keeled and shockingly blunt about their relationship with Mal. You hear everything-- the flattering stuff that explains Mal's loyalty to them, and the not-at-all flattering stuff that shows what this much fame at an early age did to them. It's even willing to paint Mal himself in a not-so flattering light in order to tell the story.