I've read a lot of books about The Beatles and this one is the best I've ever seen. It turns out to be the book I was always hoping to read without knowing it--a book focused exclusively on John and Paul's remarkable relationship. Leslie has amazing insight into The Beatles as well as into an artist's psychology. He hunts through lyrical clues to show how some instances where they're talking about their relationship in the songs.

It seems like Paul wanted to impress John who he viewed as a leader, but never realized how much John insecurity made him desperate to impress Paul. Leslie even makes a fairly convincing case that John may have had a confusing attraction to John.

Leslie has a great description of their respective songwriting styles-- "Paul created songs that felt as if they had always existed; John channeled transmissions from another planet. "

Thanks to Celadon Publishing for sending me a galley of the book in return for an honest review. Tell all the Beatles fans in your life that this is a book they need to read.