1978 publication date is wrong, book says copyright MCMLXXVIII but can't have been published til after December 8th 1980 due to including John's murder and referencing "the tragedy" on the front & back cover.
eta: one ebay seller suggests there was an earlier 1978 edition with less chapters. Also some of the book seems to have also/first? been published as a Beatles magazine The Beatles Forever
I read this in Swedish so some parts were confusing. + Most of the stuff was things I knew, but I do love reading about Lennon as I find he had an interesting life. Would read again.