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Dark Horse: The Life and Art of George Harrison

Dark Horse: The Life and Art of George Harrison

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: The Quiet One
Review: I thought this book was interesting at first, when he talked about Harrisons early life, but after that, the book just dragged on and on, about half the stuff on George's beliefs could have been cut out. Guiliano also tended to talk a lot about less important things, while glazing over more important ones.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Pure gossip
Review: If you want more information about the life of George Harrison, this book is DEFINITELY NOT the place to get it. It reads like something out of the National Enquirer. As is the case in most of his books, the author injects himself into it, in this case, making the most of a very short association with George, which his wife Olivia once described in a letter to a British newspaper as lasting "about 10 minutes." Because of that, the book has little in the way of solid information on George and actually deserves less than a one-star rating. How about a zero?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Book!
Review: If you want to get to know the private George here is the book with the key to all your questions. The book deals also to a greater part about George, India and his religion...something that you can hardly find in other bios about George and the Beatles. I can only recommend this oeuvre...BUY AND ENJOY IT! I have to read it again and again...

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Giuliano on George
Review: Known as the "Quite One", George Harrison has hid himself from the public enigma for many years. Dark Horse lets everyone in on the man of mystery. In the 1980s, Geoffrey Giuliano lived in the unreal world of Harrison and his friends, and by doing this experienced many interviews that make up the basis for his lively and revealing portrait of George. The book contains descriptive summaries of Harrison's life in a very orderly manner. Its hard to learn and write about a life of such a highly private and religious man whose musical associates were far more interesting than he was, which is why I give this book credit. George Harrison is my favorite Beatle and I thought it would be fulfilling to read about his life. At times the author looked at George in a negative way, putting his bad characteristics at the surface. For this reason, I believe Dark Horse is probably not the most interesting rock biography out there, but is a great addition to any Beatle fans library.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: GREAT INSIGHT
Review: Loved the man. Loved the book. NOW I understand who George Harrison really was. Thank you.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Still waiting for a good George Harrison book
Review: There are whole-hearted Beatles fans, who can't pick a favourite, and then there are the ones who focus only on ONE -- the bassist, the guitarist, and so on. And usually, if that's the case, they pick George Harrison.

Very little information is known on George so, when I had read basically every Paul McCartney book, I turned to tracking down this rather elusive book (it took me a few months to finally get it from the local library). And I must say I was rather disappointed.

There's no substance here. Basically everything is, as earlier reviewers have stated, from the rumour mill. The only light spots in the book, if you're the nebby type, are of Harrison's affections toward his father, Harold, who died in 1977, and his son, Dhani. Parts of the book also show Harrison's real generosity as a man, not Beatle.

The speculations become very irritating in some points -- as in the observance of the possible reasons leading to his breakup and divorce from his first wife, Pattie Boyd. Eric Clapton did eventually fall in love with her, and that's well-documented but Giuliano comes up with his own, unsubstantiated ideas about the "real" end of their marriage: George wasn't allowed to have sex for pleasure according to his devout religious beliefs (which has never been proved), and therefore, Pattie was possibly infertile. Giuliano concludes this after Pattie has had two childless marriages. Has he interviewed Ms. Boyd on any occasion? No. So there's no truth here.

Giuliano considers himself the darling of the Beatle book community but, it's interesting to note, the best reviews for his books come when the book is based around the Beatles' word themselves. Avoid this book, and stick to George's I Me Mine or the Beatles Anthology instead.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: ZERO STARS
Review: This book is a work of fiction, a sad display of the authors fantasies and exaggerations. If Geoffrey wants to write fiction, why does he have to plaster a real person's name on it. In another country, he'd have been ordered to make retribution for his slander, and this sorry excuse for a book would have been pulled off the shelves. It's very sad that he feels a need to make his living this way. I encourage him to go write about Bigfoot. That is the only subject his skills are suitable for. George lived with quiet dignity in an insane world. No one deserves to have lies and exaggerations of this kind printed about them, least of all George Harrison.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Minus 10000 stars
Review: This book is complete garbage. There is nothing in it that is factual. If you want to read tabloid material please go buy "National Enquirer" or something.. Don't give your hard earned money or attention to this guy. He never knew The Harrison's and the book is fabricated stories by zealous bad author. Please go buy George's book "I Me Mine" or The Beatles 'Anthology" book is want to learn the truth about the man.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Minus 10000 stars
Review: This book is complete garbage. There is nothing in it that is factual. If you want to read tabloid material please go buy "National Enquirer" or something.. Don't give your hard earned money or attention to this guy. He never knew The Harrison's and the book is fabricated stories by zealous bad author. Please go buy George's book "I Me Mine" or The Beatles 'Anthology" book is want to learn the truth about the man.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Garbage
Review: This book is not worthy of being in any store. Complete rumor. If you are a George or Beatle fan steer clear of the trashy tabloid.


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