Blame It On The Beatles And Bill Shankly

A great read and my new favourite. This book is a wonderful read - so nostalgic. Only negative is I read it too quickly! It is a novel but with snippets of fact from the era. Tony, the main character, is a music and football (Liverpool FC) fan. He becomes a big Beatles fan, and Bill Shankly takes over at Anfield bringing success. So plenty to be happy about although the story has its fair share of sadness too. I really recommend this book.

Absolutely brilliant story. Sad, uplifting, sorrowful and joyous - all within its pages. At times almost like a biography. I haven't enjoyed a book so much in ages.

I've just read it - absolutely fantastic book! Recommend any Liverpool fan or Beatles fan to get it - 62 onwards - great read!!

I loved this book. Great fiction that seems so factual. Would make a great film.

Lovely journey back to halcyon days for me who grew up in Litherland and a teenager in the 60's when the Beatles took the world by storm and extremely informative for Beatles fans far and wide. I enjoyed revisiting names of places, my first Saturday job was in Woolworths on South Rd and spent a lot of my youth in Crosby. Everyone I knew went to the Cavern which is synonymous with the Beatles but I loved the memory joggers of the Kardomah, Rushworths, Nems, and many other old haunts. Description of these places, the fashions, the music and the thrilling, carefree and happy life style of that age was exactly as I remember it. I have passed this book to my brothers as I know they will enjoy remembering Liverpool FC under Bill Shankly when they used to go to the matches with the bare money for the match, a program and a bag of chips for on the bus home. Great read.