John Lennon was a rock star a school clown a writer a wit an iconoclast a sometime peace activist and finally an eccentric millionaire. He was also a Beatle - his plain-speaking and impudent rejection of authority catching and eloquently articulating the group''s moment in history. Chronicling a famously troubled life Being John Lennon analyses the contradictions in the singer-songwriter''s creative and destructive personality. Drawing on many interviews and conversations with Lennon his first wife Cynthia and second Yoko Ono as well as his girlfriend May Pang and song-writing partner Paul McCartney Ray Connolly unsparingly reassesses the chameleon nature of the perpetually dissatisfied star who just couldn''t stop reinventing himself. . Language: English