Craig Brown

GANADOR DEL BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE AL MEJOR LIBRO DE NO FICCIÓNMEJOR LIBRO DEL AÑO SEGÚN The Spectator, The Times, The Telegraph y The Sunday Times La duquesa de Windsor los adoraba. Noël Coward los d

From the award-winning author of Maam Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinating, hilarious, kaleidoscopic biography of the Fab Four.John Updike compared them to the sun coming out on an Easter morning. Bob Dylan introduced them to drugs. The Duchess of Windsor adored them. Noel Coward despised them. JRR Tolkien snubbed them. The Rolling Stones copied them. Loenard Bernstein admired them. Muhammad Ali called them little sissies. Successive Prime Ministers sucked up to them. No one has remained unaffected by the music of The Beatles. As Queen Elizabeth II observed on her golden wedding anniversary, Think what we would have missed if we had never heard The Beatles.One Two Three Four traces the chance fusion of the four key elements that made up The Beatles: fire (John), water (Paul), air (George) and earth (Ringo). It also tells the bizarre and often unfortunate tales of the disparate and colourful people within their orbit, among them Fred Lennon, Yoko Ono, the Maharishi, Aunt Mimi, Helen Shapiro, the con artist Magic Alex, Phil Spector, their psychedelic dentist John Riley and their failed nemesis, Det Sgt Norman Pilcher.From the bestselling author of Maam Darling comes a kaleidoscopic mixture of history, etymology, diaries, autobiography, fan letters, essays, parallel lives, party lists, charts, interviews, announcements and stories. One Two Three Four joyfully echoes the frenetic hurly-burly of an era.

From one of the funniest writers of our time the award winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of One Two Three Four and Ma am Darling turns his attention to Queen Elizabeth II in an unforgettab

From one of the funniest writers of our time the award winning author of One Two Three Four and Ma am Darling turns his attention to Queen Elizabeth II in an unforgettable and fascinating biography THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A crown jewel among royal biographies OBSERVER Extraordinarily original enlightening and fresh SPECTATOR

Craig Brown (no not the Scottish football manager) is the funniest, the most revered and the most prolific humorist we have. This book collects together for the first time the best of his wit from the vast archive of his work spanning the last twenty years, teaming it with brand new material. This collection of parody, satire, whimsy and wit, includes extracts and articles from Private Eye, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, Vanity Fair, The Mail on Sunday, The Spectator and many more. They capture the essence of British life - he is as funny on soaps, Posh Spice and Tony Blackburn as he is on Art and Politics.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2024 GENIUS A BOOK OF THE YEAR for theSPECTATOR MAIL ON SUNDAY NEW STATESMAN FINANCIAL TIMES INDEPENDENT TELEGRAPH SUNDAY EXPRESSand THE TABLET From one of the funniest writers of our time the award winning author of One Two Three Four and Ma am Darling turns his attention to Queen Elizabeth II in an unforgettable and fascinating biography A crown jewel among royal biographies OBSERVER Extraordinarily original enlightening and fresh SPECTATOR Absolutely fascinating Ruth Langsford LOOSE WOMEN A very unusual masterpiece SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Brilliantly funny and well researched FINANCIAL TIMESVirginia Woolf compared her to a caterpillar Anne Frank kept pictures of her on the wall of her annex Jimi Hendrix played her tune Haile Selassie gave her a gold tiara Dirk Bogarde watched Death in Venice with her Andy Warhol envied her fame Donald Trump offended her E M Forster confessed he would have married her if only she had been a boy Queen Elizabeth II was famous for longer than anyone who has ever lived When people spoke of her they spoke of themselves when they dreamed of her they dreamed of themselves She mirrored their hopes and anxieties To the optimist she seem

SHORTLISTED for the Baillie Gifford Prizes 25th Anniversary Winner of Winners awardWINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020A Spectator Book of the Year A Times Book of the Year A Telegraph Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the YearFrom the award-winning author of Maam Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinating, hilarious, kaleidoscopic biography of the Fab Four.John Updike compared them to the sun coming out on an Easter morning. Bob Dylan introduced them to drugs. The Duchess of Windsor adored them. Noel Coward despised them. JRR Tolkien snubbed them. The Rolling Stones copied them. Loenard Bernstein admired them. Muhammad Ali called them little sissies. Successive Prime Ministers sucked up to them. No one has remained unaffected by the music of The Beatles. As Queen Elizabeth II observed on her golden wedding anniversary, Think what we would have missed if we had never heard The Beatles.

La duquesa de Windsor los adoraba. Noël Coward los despreciaba. J. R. R. Tolkien los desairó. Los Rolling Stones los copiaron. Bob Dylan los introdujo a las drogas. Leonard Bernstein los admiraba. Mu