If my mother answers, hang up.” So reads one of the fan letters included in “150 Glimpses of the Beatles,” Craig Brown’s riveting portrait of the Fab Four. You might think there was nothing more to be said about the Beatles, but Mr. Brown, a perceptive writer and a gifted satirist, makes familiar stories fresh. Mr. Brown, who was born in 1957, grew up on the Beatles. “As a fan,” he writes, “you expressed yourself by picking one over the others. “150 Glimpses of the Beatles” is, among other things, a fascinating study of the cultural and social upheaval created by the band.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 15, 2020 21:22 UTC