'Incredibly tense and thriller-like . . . I totally recommend it' LEE CHILD The greatest
true-crime story in music history. A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR In the summer of 1980 ten years after
the break-up of the Beatles John Lennon signed with a new label ready to record new music for
the first time in years. Everyone was awestruck when Lennon dashed off '(Just Like) Starting
Over'. Lennon was back in peak form with his best songwriting since 'Imagine'. A DANGEROUSLY
OBSESSED FAN In the years after Lennon left the Beatles becoming a solo artist and making a
life with Yoko Ono in New York City Mark David Chapman had become fixated on murdering his
former hero. He was convinced that Lennon had squandered his talent and betrayed his fans. In
December 1980 Chapman boarded a flight from Hawaii to New York with a handgun stowed in his
luggage. He was never going home again. A MURDER THAT STUNNED THE WORLD Enriched by exclusive
interviews with Lennon's friends and associates including Paul McCartney The Last Days of
John Lennon is a true-crime drama about two men who changed history. One whose indelible songs
enliven our world to this day and the other who ended the music with five pulls of a trigger.
____________________________ More praise for The Last Days of John Lennon . . . 'The dialogue
is punchy cinematic . . . we get inside the mind of Patterson's villain the delusional
Chapman through periodic chapters from his point of view as he works up the courage to pull
the trigger on Lennon' GQ 'Pure Patterson: fast-paced no-frills' SUNDAY TIMES 'Thoroughly
researched' READER'S DIGEST
