Fab Four FAQ

I'm enjoying it very much. A fun read.

The first of two massive (500 page) guides to the Fab Four (the second covers the decade after the split), the authors create something a little different than your average Beatle bio. Not quite an alphabetical dictionary, but also not a linear history, topics are clustered into groups -- 10 most noteworthy Beatle photo shoots, 10 technological inventions created as a result of the Beatles' songwriting, etc.

This is a delightful book. As a lifelong Beatles fan (born a week after they debuted on "Ed Sullivan," no less; my folks, both very musical, watched - Mom, younger and Kennedy-enamored, liked them, while Dad, older and a loyal Nixon man, thought they looked "like sissies") who has always viewed, to some degree, his life, the world, and cultural history through a "Beatles lens," I know a thing or two about the Fabs myself, so I dove into "Fab Four FAQ" with equal parts enthusiasm and skepticism.