Can't Buy Me Love (book)
Can't Buy Me Love, subtitled The Beatles, Britain, and America, is a book by American author Jonathan Gould that was published in October 2007. A biography of the English rock band the Beatles, it provides a musicological assessment of their work and a study of the cultural impact they had during the 1960s. It was first published in the United States by Harmony Books and took Gould seventeen years to complete, after he had begun working on the project with editor William Shawn for the Farrar, Straus and Giroux publishing company. It was the first book by Gould, who was formerly a professional musician.
Cover of the 2008 paperback edition by Three Rivers Press | |
Author | Jonathan Gould |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | The Beatles |
Genre | Biography, music, cultural history |
Publisher | Harmony Books |
Publication date | October 2007 |
Media type | Print (hardcover, illustrated) |
Pages | 661 |
ISBN | 978-0-307-35337-5 (hardback) |
Can't Buy Me Love was a commercial and critical success. Several reviewers have identified it as being among the best of the many books written about the Beatles.