Across the Universe

The music's still playing fifty years on . . .. It is 1965 and John Paul George and Ringo have lost themselves. Beatlemania is at its peak and the boys are overwhelmed by screaming fans more money than they can count and fame beyond their dreams. But one day on the sets of the surreal Help! George discovers the sitar starting the boys off on a journey filled with drug-induced introspection transnational spirituality and damned fine music.. It is 1968 and John Paul George and Ringo have decided to find themselves. Following an eerie series of events as if devised by fate the boys are brought to Rishikesh India in pursuit of eternal happiness through a secret mantra from Transcendental Meditation guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Hoping to get the better of their personal demons they seek to break the shackles of stardom even though it begins the unravelling of the band.. Across the Universe etches in lyrical detail a picture of the world's greatest band torn apart by their inner dissensions yet bursting with creative genius. Full of characters and happenings delightful and evil of comic excess and dark whimsy the book traces the path the Beatles took to India and the dramatic denouement of their sojourn at the Himalayan ashram. It is a modern fairy tale about four people the world has loved like no one else.