2008-09-13 Good and Bad.

The late Albert Goldman - rather dishonestly - set out to do a hatchet job, while pretending to be surprised at what he found. That said, there is much here that has since been validated by other people's accounts. John Lennon: the Icon was also John Lennon: the human being; complete with the pain and faults that were essential to his genius. Goldman goes over the top examining this pain and these faults in too many places - and a fully balanced, all-encompassing and fair retrospective of this man's life has probably not been written yet. Worth a read then, but carry more than a pinch of salt with you along the way.