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Dark Horse
The least understood and most paradoxical of the Beatles, George Harrison has parried for more than twenty-five years any attempt to penetrate the public enigma that cloaks the private man - that is, until Dark Horse. In the mid-1980s Geoffrey Giuliano lived in the often wonderfully unreal world of Harrison and his friends, interviews with whom are the basis for much of this vivid and revealing portrait. Here are Harrison`s Liverpool childhood, the forging of the Beatles, their unheralded ascendancy, and the bitter break-up; his solo career with its soaring successes and harrowing setbacks; his reincarnation as a Traveling Wilbury; his impact as a record and film producer; his oft-publicized and misjudged spiritual quest; and much more. This edition includes an additional chapter that discusses Harrison`s recent life through the 25th-anniversary reunion of the surviving Beatles, as well as updated appendices and rare, previously unpublished photos. The result is a comprehensive, illuminating look at George Harrison`s musical career and inner life.

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