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Paul McCartney’s forthcoming biography ‘The Lyrics’ shortlisted for book of the year award

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28.10.2021 - 10:01

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Paul McCartney‘s forthcoming career-spanning biography, The Lyrics has been shortlisted for this year’s Waterstones Book Of The Year award.The book, which was announced earlier this year and is due for release on November 2, will recount the musician’s life through his earliest boyhood compositions, songs by The Beatles, Wings and from his lengthy solo career.It will also be presented with previously unseen drafts, letters and pictures from his personal archive.

It is among 13 titles nominated for the book of the year honour.The winner will be announced on December 21.The Lyrics is arranged alphabetically to provide a kaleidoscopic rather than chronological account of McCartney’s life, establishing definitive texts of the songs’ lyrics for.

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