Stuart Sutcliffe is the most famous contender for the crown of 'fifth Beatle'. One of the founding members, a close friend of Lenn, he left the band after their Hamburg sojourn in order to pursue his promising career as an artist, dying shortly thereafter of a brain haemorrhage. For years his sister Pauline has tried to protect his memory against the Beatles' need to sanitise their early history and w she is ready to tell the real story. In so doing she sheds new light on their formative period - the rivalry with McCartney, how George Harrison tried to keep the peace, the truth about Stuart's intense relationship with Lenn and why Lenn was haunted by guilt over her brother's death. And she describes what it was like for those like herself and Cynthia Lenn who have had choice but to live with the Beatles all their lives. 'Gripping ...the story of Stuart Sutcliffe...holds the key to the birth of pop's greatest group' Daily Mail 'An odd, fascinating book' MOJO
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
ISBN-10
0230768512
ISBN-13
9780230768512
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117537375
Dimensions
Height
234mm
Width
153mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Content Note
Illustrations, Ports.
Author Biography
Pauline Sutcliffe is a family psychotherapist and former social services manager. She is the executor of her brother's estate. Douglas Thompson's most recent collaboration was The Truth At Last, Christine Keeler's bestselling autobiography.
