Can't Buy Me Love
The Beatles, Britain, and America
$89.44
- Paperback
672 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2009
Summary
Jonathan Gould’s Can’t Buy Me Love is more than just a book on the Beatles; it’s a stunning recreation of the 1960s in England and America through the prism of the world’s most iconic band. The Beatles, perhaps more than any act before or since, were a quintessential product of their time, and Gould brilliantly blends cultural history, musical analysis and group biography to show the unique part they played in the shaping of post-war Britain and America.
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…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780749929886 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 074992988X |
| Author: | Jonathan Gould |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Piatkus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 126mm x 40mm |
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Critics Review
Scrupulous, witty, and at times, appropriately sceptical … [Gould] lets you hear with keener ears the way a great novelist lets you feel with keener emotions. - New York Times Book Review
Excels by providing what s been missing from many biographies: context. - USA Today Essential … his narrative literally sings itself off the pages. - Boston GlobeJonathan Gould’s Can’t Buy Me Love is, hands down, the best Beatles book since Ian MacDonald’s Revolution in the Head. The subject is pretty much inexhaustible if the writer is good enough, and Gould is very good. He covers the group’s cultural significance (pulling out a plum of a 1963 Eric Hobsbawm quote: In 20 years’ time, nothing of them will survive ) as well as their music. Using the minor White Album track Yer Blues, Gould succinctly explains how the Beatles operated on a different level to every other British Sixties band. Want the explanation? Get the book for Christmas. - The TimesAbout The Author
Jonathan Gould
Jonathan Gould has been researching and writing Can’t Buy Me Love for almost twenty years. He is a former professional musician who studied with the eminent jazz drummer Alan Dawson and spent many years working in bands and recording studios. This is his first book.
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