From the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the
bestselling John Lennon: The Life comes a revealing portrait of George Harrison the most
undervalued and mysterious Beatle. Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his
era George Harrison particularly in his early decades battled feelings of inferiority. He
was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background and
typically was allowed to contribute only one or two songs per Beatles album out of the dozens
he wrote. Now acclaimed Beatles biographer Philip Norman examines Harrison through the lens
of his numerous self-contradictions. Compared to songwriting luminaries John Lennon and Paul
McCartney he was considered a minor talent yet he composed such masterpieces as ‘While My
Guitar Gently Weeps’ and ‘Here Comes the Sun’ and his solo debut album All Things Must Pass
achieved enormous success appearing on many lists of the 100 best rock albums ever. Modern
music critics place him in the pantheon of Sixties guitar gods alongside Eric Clapton Jimi
Hendrix Keith Richards and Jimmy Page. Harrison railed against the material world yet wrote
the first pop song complaining about income tax. He spent years lovingly restoring his Friar
Park estate as a spiritual journey but quickly mortgaged the property to help rescue a film
project that would be widely banned as sacrilegious Monty Python’s Life of Brian . Harrison
could be fiercely jealous but not only did he stay friends with Eric Clapton when Clapton fell
in love with Harrison' s wife Pattie Boyd the two men grew even closer after Clapton
walked away with her. Unprecedented in scope and filled with numerous colour photos this
rich biography captures George Harrison at his most multi-faceted: devoted friend loyal son
master guitar-player brilliant songwriter cocaine addict serial philanderer global
philanthropist student of Indian mysticism self-deprecating comedian and ultimately iconic
artist and man beloved by millions.
