An excellent book – The John Lennon Letters – signed by the editor: HUNTER DAVIES
Far more than any interview, personal letters and notes are far more revealing about one’s personality and true character, as they represent less-guarded moments where one is less likely to alter the presentation of what they are trying to say. This is especially true when the topic of conversation may be of a controversial nature.
Author Hunter Davies secured the permission of Yoko Ono to present a book of John Lennon’s correspondence over the years. It offers a unique perpective into Mr. Lennon, highlighting his multi-faceted personality, his sense of humor (humour) and his view of how he saw the world, and his own perceived motives of the people he was writing to or commenting about!
Hunter Davies always had a collector’s obsessive-compulsive psyche as he has written a book about collecting entitled Confessions of a Collector back in 2009. HIs collector’s psyche had obviously much to do with the thoroughness in his presentation of the volume and amount of letters and writings presented of the literary Lennon in the book! You will enjoy this title very much as it reveals far more any any biography ever could about the man named John Lennon!!!
Confessions of a Collector: Davies, Hunter: 9781847246042: Amazon.com: Books
In 2012, Hunter was able to publish the collected work of John’s correspondence:
AMAZON US:
The John Lennon Letters Hardcover – October 9, 2012
by John Lennon (Author), Hunter Davies (Editor)
Published by Little, Brown and Company
The John Lennon Letters: Lennon, John, Davies, Hunter: 9780316200806: Amazon.com: Books
In the UK:
AMAZON UK:
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson
The signature of the authorized Beatles biographer, Hunter Davies:
The back cover of the book which features a John Lennon letter to his cousin Leila with the ironic closing line:
Including a one page excerpt from the massive book. This was a letter John Lennon sent to his father Alfred Lennon in 1967. This helps to serve as a sterling example of John’s personality, revealing some of his basic insecurities. You can see the duality here. He internally wants to reestablish contact with his father but he is unsure of how it will turn out and whether the hurt and resentment he harbored would possibly resurface.
From the dust jacket flaps of the book. The one on the left is the front flap. The second flap is the one in the rear of the book:
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