John Lennon. 1980. The Last Days of Life

A truthful, vivid, inspiring, and tragic story about the ups and downs, creative crisis, and will to live of one of the most legendary musicians of the 20th century. The book covers the last — pivotal — year of John Lennon's life. This period was marked by a powerful creative triumph and revival of music after almost five years of silence and voluntary retirement. The author details the measured life of the musician in the Dakota mansion after his withdrawal from the music community, reveals his relationships with former members of The Beatles, his wife Yoko Ono, and sheds light on the real motives for his departure from the music world. And just before his tragic death, while working on the album Double Fantasy and its subsequent overwhelming success, John Lennon manages to rediscover his talent and regain the lost creative self.