You Never Give Me Your Money by Peter Doggett | Fab forum

Some surprise anyone didn't mention this book! (Or didn't I look in the right places?) Considering the fact that (I think) most people are from English-speaking countries, and that it takes a while for English books to reach Holland, and was surprised this very new book (October 2009, I think?) wasn't discussed. Not that I want to, I just wanted to mention its existence. Only read it once, just before Christmas. In the near future, I'm willing to review it, but just want to read it one more time before doing so.

Well, certainly it's a big read, in every aspect. It's thoroughly researched, that's for sure. But to me, essentially, it was a very gripping tale of all the character flaws all humans might have – demonstrated by people who were consired heroes and pioneers, the Beatles. It just shows that everybody's human, and to me, that's one valuable lesson for sure. Less metapsychically, the book provided me with a lot of information about a period in the Beatles history I heard a lot about, but never ventured into: the last two and a half years of their coorperation as the Beatles. 

Edit: Of course, there's way more to the book. It deals with every legal, financial, and creative aspect of the Beatles after they stopped being Beatles. At first, I didn't think that would make a great subject, but funny enough it does. It just shows how defenseless real art is. When reading this book, I remembered some Dutch phrase that's on top of a building in Rotterdam, near my hometown: "Alles van waarde is weerloos," which roughly translates to: "Everything of value is defenseless" – it just shows that commerce is not easily compatible with talent and art.