Published by CENTURY, 2020, softcover, illustrated, 432 pages, overall condition: very good.
___________'Incredibly tense and thriller-like . . . I totally recommend it' LEE CHILD
'The dialogue is punchy, cinematic . . . we get inside the mind of Patterson's villain, the delusional Chapman, through periodic chapters from his point of view as he works up the courage to pull the trigger on Lennon' GQ
'Pure fast-paced, no-frills' SUNDAY TIMES___________
The greatest true-crime story in music history .A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR In the summer of 1980, ten years after the break-up of the Beatles, John Lennon signed with a new label, ready to record new music for the first time in years. Everyone was awestruck when Lennon dashed off '(Just Like) Starting Over'. Lennon was back in peak form, with his best songwriting since 'Imagine' .A DANGEROUSLY OBSESSED FAN In the years after Lennon left the Beatles, becoming a solo artist and making a life with Yoko Ono in New York City, Mark David Chapman had become fixated on murdering his former hero. He was convinced that Lennon had squandered his talent and betrayed his fans. In December 1980, Chapman boarded a flight from Hawaii to New York with a handgun stowed in his luggage. He was never going home again. A MURDER THAT STUNNED THE WORLD Enriched by exclusive interviews with Lennon's friends and associates, including Paul McCartney, The Last Days of John Lennon is a true-crime drama about two men who changed history.
There are some momentous events you can't help but remember exactly where you were when you heard the news. The shooting of John Lennon is one of them. It was nearing the end of the school year, my first year of high school. 4pm. A news flash came on the radio. John Lennon had been shot dead outside his home at the Dakota building, New York. It didn't make sense. Details were sketchy. You have to remember, being 1980, the world wasn't the news beast it is today. You couldn't just turn on your mobile or laptop to see what was happening. You had to wait for the news bulletin next hour. Or hope for another news flash. To hear if what you thought you'd heard was really true.
