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Title: Enjoyable Read Despite the Sloppy Fact-Checking
Review: Other reviews have chronicled the factual errors made by Spitz, which I found annoying. His narrative humanizes the Beatles. Given their working class "Scouse" background and the temptations that came with success, I'm surprised that at least one of them didn't die by his own hand (i.e., via OD, etc.), although it sounds like Lennon tried his best. At various junctures of the book, John, Paul, and Yoko all come off as rather pathetic and/or despicable. Despite this, I enjoyed the tale and I think most Beatle fans will, too.
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