As Norman happily points out, while many stories of musical superstars end tragically, McCartney has enjoyed a prolonged era of happiness, especially since his 2011 marriage to trucking executive Nancy Shevell. No stone is left unturned as Norman proceeds to the infamous last days of the Beatles, the early days of Wings, McCartney's marriage to musician and photographer Linda Eastman and the effect her death had on him, his short-lived and controversial marriage to model Heather Mills, and his relationship with his father. Proceeding in a year-by-year fashion, Norman ranges over McCartney's childhood the death of his mother, which he later used as the basis of "Let It Be" his early days with his mates John and George as the Quarrymen and the Beatles' squalid living conditions in Hamburg. Norman, following up on his bestselling biography of John Lennon (John Lennon: A Life), interviews hundreds of Paul McCartney's family, friends, and associates to draw the most complete picture of the former Beatle however, the book's thoroughness renders it a tiresome march through scores of facts and familiar details that will appeal primarily to ardent McCartney fans. Packed with new information and critical insights, Paul McCartney will be the definitive biography of a musical legend. Readers will learn about his marriage to Linda, including their much-criticized musical collaboration, and a moving account of her death. This is the first definitive account of Paul's often troubled partnership with John Lennon, his personal trauma after the Beatles' breakup, and his subsequent struggle to get back to the top with Wings - which nearly got him murdered in Africa and brought him nine days in a Tokyo jail. Paul McCartney reveals the complex character behind the favßade and sheds new light on his childhood - blighted by his mother's death but redeemed by the father who introduced him to music.
Now, Paul's story is told by rock music's foremost biographer, with McCartney's consent and access to family members and close friends who have never spoken on the record before. Since the age of twenty-one, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock-n-roll lives played out on the most public of stages. The definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip Norman.
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