A Spaniard in the Works

A Spaniard in the Works is a nonsense book by English musician John Lennon, first published on 24 June 1965. The book consists of nonsensical stories and drawings similar to the style of his previous book, 1964's In His Own Write. The name is a pun on the expression "a spanner in the works".

A Spaniard in the Works
First edition
AuthorJohn Lennon
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre
  • Literary nonsense
  • Surreal poetry
Published24 June 1965 by Jonathan Cape
Media typePrint
OCLC252932871
Preceded byIn His Own Write 
Followed bySkywriting by Word of Mouth 

Sales of the book were lower than Lennon's first book, with 100,000 copies bought in the three months following publication.

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