Graeme Thomson's superb new biography tracks Harrison from the tiny Liverpool terrace where he was born to the eccentric opulence of Friar Park, his 120-room neo-Gothic masnion, via Hamburg, Himalayan ashrams and Hawaiian hideaways. Behind The Locked Door is the story of a guitar player, a Beatle, a cultural game-changer, a spiritual searcher, a husband, father and son, a reluctant superstar, and a songwriter who struggled with his craft but was touched by flashes of divine inspiration. A deeply private man of wit, warmth and somtimes brutal honesty, Harrison was complex and often conflicted. Never resolved, his contradictions came to define a rich and fulfilled life.
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