John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs

Some friendships can be just as intense as the most passionate love affair. One of the most celebrated (and successful) friendships in 20th-century popular culture was between John Lennon and Paul McCartney, two Liverpool lads from modest backgrounds who wrote some of the most indelible pop music in history. While the Beatles’ story has been retold countless times, Leslie (Conflicted: How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes) examines with deep specificity the relationship between these two men and how they changed each other and the people around them. As a human behaviorist, Leslie takes a unique approach to the well-known Beatles’ story. He provides details of conversations and interactions unfamiliar to most fans that upend several familiar narratives about the two. Leslie reveals their emotional reliance on each other, even when they seemed most apart. He shows a new and more compelling image of the Lennon-McCartney relationship.