About the book: 2020 / Philip Norman, a journalist who had already written books about the Beatles and John Lennon, took on the biography in 2012, having received the tacit approval of the hero himself Paul McCartney. He spoke to a lot of people and studied the available material. The book begins with Norman's memories of his first meeting with McCartney in 1965 in Newcastle, and ends with a story about the 2015 concert. And here we have the whole story of McCartney - from his childhood in Liverpool to his marriage with Nancy Shevell, of course, the history of the Beatles, the creative path of Paul McCartney - singer and composer - is described.