The Beatles, Football and Me - Hunter Davies > Reviews > A full life

Author's product rating:   

Degree of Information	Very high
How easy was it to read / get information from	Very easy
How interesting was the book?	Compelling
How useful was it?	Very useful
Would you read it again?	Absolutely
Value for money	Excellent

Advantages:	A brilliantly written work
Disadvantages:	One chapter could have been left out to make it better .

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

When I was first given this book as a present my heart sank. I am not much of a football fan and the Beatles never lit my fire. So I reluctantly started to read it. Once I started I was hooked. It is Hunter Davies autobiography and although they are an important and integral part of his life neither the Beatles or football monopolise the book. Covering his life starting of in Scotland and moving to the North East and then how he became a journalist author and eventually becoming the only person ever to write an official biography about the Fab 4.
This book is both entertaining and informative. I must admit that the chapter covering the rape of his daughter in Africa left me feeling drained but on the whole it is well worth reading.