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Originally written in 1982, the manuscript remained unpublished for 18 years. [[Soft Skull Press]] acquired the rights to the book in 1999 and brought out the hardcover edition the following year. Quick American Archives then picked up the rights and published the paperback edition in 2002. |
Originally written in 1982, the manuscript remained unpublished for 18 years. [[Soft Skull Press]] acquired the rights to the book in 1999 and brought out the hardcover edition the following year. Quick American Archives then picked up the rights and published the paperback edition in 2002. |
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''Nowhere Man'' was a bestseller in the United States (''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', September 3, 2000), England (''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'', October 2000), and Japan (Amazon.co.jp, October 2000). The book also became a media phenomenon in Latin America when Random House Mondadori brought out a Spanish-language edition in 2003. Extensive coverage and major excerpts in such publications as ''[[Proceso (magazine)|Proceso]]'' [http://www.proceso.com.mx/noticia.html?nid=35588&cat=6], ''[[La Jornada]]'' [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/10/09/a08n1esp.php], ''[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]]'' [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/309944_4.html], ''[[Reforma]]'', ''Semana'', ''Gatopardo'', ''Soho'' [http://www.revistasoho.co.cr/contenido/articles/342/4/Como-es-trabajar-con-/Pagina4.html], ''[[El Heraldo (Barranquilla)|El Heraldo]]'' [http://www.elheraldo.com.co/ELHERALDO/BancoConocimiento/R/rdlennon/rdlennon.asp?CodSeccion=3], ''[[El Mercurio]]'' [http://www.lamusica.emol.com/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=270119], ''[[La Tercera]]'' [http://www.quepasa.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3255_5700_48098926,00.html], ''[[Las Últimas Noticias]]'' [http://www.lun.com/ediciones_anteriores/detalle/noticia.asp?idnoticia=C38640855677037&dia=16&mes=10&anno=2005], and ''The Clinic'' propelled ''Nowhere Man'' to bestseller status in Mexico and Colombia, and a complete sell-out in Chile. |
''Nowhere Man'' was a bestseller in the United States (''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', September 3, 2000), England (''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'', October 2000), and Japan (Amazon.co.jp, October 2000). The book also became a media phenomenon in Latin America when Random House Mondadori brought out a Spanish-language edition in 2003. Extensive coverage and major excerpts in such publications as ''[[Proceso (magazine)|Proceso]]'' [http://www.proceso.com.mx/noticia.html?nid=35588&cat=6], ''[[La Jornada]]'' [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/10/09/a08n1esp.php], ''[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]]'' [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/309944_4.html], ''[[Reforma]]'', ''Semana'', ''[[Gatopardo (magazine)|Gatopardo]]'', ''Soho'' [http://www.revistasoho.co.cr/contenido/articles/342/4/Como-es-trabajar-con-/Pagina4.html], ''[[El Heraldo (Barranquilla)|El Heraldo]]'' [http://www.elheraldo.com.co/ELHERALDO/BancoConocimiento/R/rdlennon/rdlennon.asp?CodSeccion=3], ''[[El Mercurio]]'' [http://www.lamusica.emol.com/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=270119], ''[[La Tercera]]'' [http://www.quepasa.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3255_5700_48098926,00.html], ''[[Las Últimas Noticias]]'' [http://www.lun.com/ediciones_anteriores/detalle/noticia.asp?idnoticia=C38640855677037&dia=16&mes=10&anno=2005], and ''The Clinic'' propelled ''Nowhere Man'' to bestseller status in Mexico and Colombia, and a complete sell-out in Chile. |
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The other foreign editions were published by DHC (Japan, 2000), Fusion Press (UK, 2000), and Hannibal (Germany, 2001). |
The other foreign editions were published by DHC (Japan, 2000), Fusion Press (UK, 2000), and Hannibal (Germany, 2001). |
Revision as of 20:21, 28 April 2009
Author | Robert Rosen |
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Cover artist | Andrea Ventura |
Language | English |
Genre | Nonfiction |
Publisher | Quick American Archives, Soft Skull Press |
Publication date | July 2000 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 225 pp (Paperback) |
ISBN | 0-932-55151-3 |
Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon, first published in 2000 and written by New York journalist Robert Rosen, who in 1981 had access to John Lennon’s diaries, is a controversial account of the ex-Beatle’s last five years. The book disputes the official view of Lennon as a contented househusband raising his son Sean and baking bread while Yoko ran the family business. Instead, Nowhere Man portrays Lennon’s daily life at the Dakota as that of a "tormented superstar, a prisoner of his fame, locked in his bedroom raving about Jesus Christ, while a retinue of servants tended to his every need."
Rosen says that he used his memory of Lennon’s diaries as “a roadmap to the truth.”
The final part of the book, The Coda, focuses on the mental disintegration of Lennon’s assassin, Mark David Chapman, and includes Chapter 27, the so-called missing chapter of J.D. Salinger’s classic novel of disaffected youth, The Catcher in the Rye, that "inspired" Chapman to murder Lennon. It was Chapman’s goal, according to Rosen, to write Chapter 27 "in Lennon’s blood."
Originally written in 1982, the manuscript remained unpublished for 18 years. Soft Skull Press acquired the rights to the book in 1999 and brought out the hardcover edition the following year. Quick American Archives then picked up the rights and published the paperback edition in 2002.
Nowhere Man was a bestseller in the United States (Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2000), England (Mojo, October 2000), and Japan (Amazon.co.jp, October 2000). The book also became a media phenomenon in Latin America when Random House Mondadori brought out a Spanish-language edition in 2003. Extensive coverage and major excerpts in such publications as Proceso [1], La Jornada [2], El Universal [3], Reforma, Semana, Gatopardo, Soho [4], El Heraldo [5], El Mercurio [6], La Tercera [7], Las Últimas Noticias [8], and The Clinic propelled Nowhere Man to bestseller status in Mexico and Colombia, and a complete sell-out in Chile.
The other foreign editions were published by DHC (Japan, 2000), Fusion Press (UK, 2000), and Hannibal (Germany, 2001).
The title of the book refers to The Beatles' song "Nowhere Man", as well as to Lennon's assassin.
External links
- Interview with Robert Rosen
- Interview with Robert Rosen in English and Spanish, Part One
- Interview with Robert Rosen in English and Spanish, Part Two
- Nowhere Man Review
- Nowhere Man deconstructed and contrasted with six other John Lennon biographies
- Nowhere Man excerpt and A Conversation with Robert Rosen from Vision Magazine
- Court TV article on Robert Rosen
- Nowhere Man's Chapter 27 with additional background information, notes, and links
- Christianity Today: The 10 Best Books of 2000