Synopses & Reviews
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S TIME TO andlt;Iandgt;REALLYandlt;/Iandgt; MEET THE BEATLES.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;For John Lennon, a young, idealistic zombie guitarist with dreams of global domination, Liverpool seems the ideal place to form a band that could take over the world. In an inspired act, Lennonandnbsp;kills and reanimates local rocker Paul McCartney,andnbsp;kicking off an unstoppable partnership. With the addition of newly zombified guitarist George Harrison and drummer/Seventh Level Ninja Lord Ringo Starr, theandnbsp;Beatles soon cut a swath of bloody good music and bloody violent mayhem across Europe, America, and the entire planet.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;In this searing oral history, discover how the Fab Four climbed to the Toppermost of the Poppermost while stealing the hearts, ears, and brains of smitten teenage girls. Learn the tale behind a spiritual journey that resulted in the dismemberment of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Marvel at the seemingly indestructible quartetand#8217;s survival of a fierce attack by Eighth Level Ninja Lord Yoko Ono. And find out how the boys escaped eternal death at the hands of Englandand#8217;s greatest zombie hunter, Mick Jagger.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Through all this, one mystery remains: Can the Beatles sublimate their hunger for gray matter, remain on top of the charts, and stay together for all eternity? After all, three of the Fab Four andlt;Iandgt;areandlt;/Iandgt; zombies, and zombies live forever. . . .
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"PAUL IS UNDEAD IS THE ABBEY ROAD OF BEATLES ZOMBIE MASHUP NOVELS." --A.J. Jacobs, author of The Guinea Pig Diaries and The Year of Living Biblically
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"...this clever take on the subgenre will bring music nerds into its fandom." and#8212;Booklist
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andlt;bandgt;From Publisher's Weeklyandlt;/bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;iandgt;Starred Review.andlt;/iandgt; Are readers ready for a world in which the Beatles just wanna eat your brains? Goldsher (andlt;iandgt;Hard Bop Academyandlt;/iandgt;) thinks so, and he may be right. In this humor-filled splatterfest, the rise and fall of the zombie Beatles unfolds through eyewitness accounts, newspaper clippings, and interviews. Violence and music go hand-in-hand as the zombiefied Lennon, Harrison, and McCartney fight, eat, and rock their way to fame and popularity while ninja lord Ringo Starr tries to keep them out of trouble. Nothing can stop them--not even a vampiric Pete Best, zombie-killing Mick Jagger, rival ninja Yoko Ono, or bad reviews. In fact, their only enemies may be one another, as personal conflicts threaten to break them up for good. Roughly paralleling the real-world career of the Beatles, this alternate history reimagines successes, failures, and rivalries with over-the-top bizarro charm. (July)andlt;BRandgt; Copyright and#169; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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"BRILLIANT AND HILARIOUS.
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"PAUL IS UNDEAD MAY BE THE MOST LIVELY BEATLES BOOK TO COME DOWN THE LONG & WINDING ROAD IN YEARS. IT'S BLOODY BRILLIANT!" --Charles F. Rosenay, Examiner.com
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"Goldsher turns in a classic rags-to-riches tale of aspiration and success that would do Horatio Alger proud, punctuated by no end of gore." and#8212;Kirkus Reviews
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and#8220;A POST-MODERN GOTHIC CLASSIC.and#8221; and#8212;Mick Wall, author of andlt;iandgt;When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelinandlt;/iandgt;
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"HILARIOUS." --Michael Ian Black, comedian and author of Clappy as a Ham
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and#8220;HILARIOUS.and#8221; and#8212;Michael Ian Black, comedian and author of andlt;iandgt;Clappy as a Hamandlt;/iandgt;
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andlt;divandgt;"BRILLIANT AND HILARIOUS.
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"andlt;iandgt;PAUL IS UNDEADandlt;/iandgt; MAY BE THE MOST LIVELY BEATLES BOOK TO COME DOWN THE LONG andamp; WINDING ROAD IN YEARS. IT'S BLOODY BRILLIANT!" and#8212;Charles F. Rosenay, Examiner.com
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and#8220;BRILLIANT AND HILARIOUS. TWO DECAYING THUMBS UP.and#8221; and#8212;Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Awardand#8211;winning author of andlt;iandgt;Patient Zeroandlt;/iandgt; and andlt;iandgt;Rot andamp; Ruinandlt;/iandgt;
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and#8220;andlt;iandgt;PAUL IS UNDEADandlt;/iandgt; IS THE andlt;iandgt;ABBEY ROADandlt;/iandgt; OF BEATLES ZOMBIE MASHUP NOVELS.and#8221; and#8212;A.J. Jacobs, author of andlt;iandgt;The Guinea Pig Diariesandlt;/iandgt; and andlt;iandgt;The Year of Living Biblicallyandlt;/iandgt; andlt;br clear="all" /andgt;
Synopsis
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S TIME TO REALLY MEET THE BEATLES.
For John Lennon, a young, idealistic zombie guitarist with dreams of global domination, Liverpool seems the ideal place to form a band that could take over the world. In an inspired act, Lennon kills and reanimates local rocker Paul McCartney, kicking off an unstoppable partnership. With the addition of newly zombified guitarist George Harrison and drummer/Seventh Level Ninja Lord Ringo Starr, the Beatles soon cut a swath of bloody good music and bloody violent mayhem across Europe, America, and the entire planet.
In this searing oral history, discover how the Fab Four climbed to the Toppermost of the Poppermost while stealing the hearts, ears, and brains of smitten teenage girls. Learn the tale behind a spiritual journey that resulted in the dismemberment of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Marvel at the seemingly indestructible quartet's survival of a fierce attack by Eighth Level Ninja Lord Yoko Ono. And find out how the boys escaped eternal death at the hands of England's greatest zombie hunter, Mick Jagger.
Through all this, one mystery remains: Can the Beatles sublimate their hunger for gray matter, remain on top of the charts, and stay together for all eternity? After all, three of the Fab Four are zombies, and zombies live forever. . . .
About the Author
Novelist/ghostwriter/journalist andlt;bandgt;Alan Goldsherandlt;/bandgt; is the author of the forthcoming Beatles/horror/humor mash-up andlt;iandgt;Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasionandlt;/iandgt; (Gallery Books, June 22, 2010), as well as andlt;iandgt;Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengersandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;Modest Mouse: A Pretty Good Readandlt;/iandgt;, and the novel andlt;iandgt;Jamandlt;/iandgt;. andlt;iandgt;Midnight Movieandlt;/iandgt;, the novel he co-wrote with director Tobe Hooper ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre") will be published in 2011. Written as A.M. Goldsher, his chicklit novels andlt;iandgt;The True Naomi Storyandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;Reality Checkandlt;/iandgt;, and andlt;iandgt;Today's Specialandlt;/iandgt; were released in the U.K. and Marabout in France in 2008, with andlt;iandgt;No Ordinary Girl andlt;/iandgt;to come in 2011.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;As a ghostwriter, Alan has collaborated on projects with comedians Bernie Mac and Fred Willard; actor Robert Englund, Ironman triathlete Sarah Reinertsen, and "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar, among other notable celebrities and public figures.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Alan's sportswriting has been seen in ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, NBA.com, and ChicagoBulls.com, and he reviews books for Kirkus.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;During his 10-plus years as a professional bassist, Goldsher recorded with Janet Jackson, Cypress Hill, and Naughty by Nature; toured the world with Digable Planets; and performed at the 1994 Grammy Awards.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Alan lives and writes in Chicago.