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Ray Connolly

    Ray Connolly's work delves into the vibrant world of popular culture and music, with a particular focus on the Beatles era. As a skilled journalist and storyteller, Connolly captures the essence of his subjects and themes with sharp insight. His writing often explores complex relationships and ethical dilemmas, set against vivid backdrops of contemporary society. Drawing on extensive experience in journalism and filmmaking, he crafts compelling narratives that resonate with readers.

    Verrückt nach Liebe
    John Lennon 1940-1980
    Of love & life : three novels (Glamour, Love out of Season, The Matchmaker of Périgord)
    Sunday Morning
    Being Elvis
    Being John Lennon
    • 2018

      Being John Lennon

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading
      4.1(344)Add rating

      An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologised musicians of the twentieth century.

      Being John Lennon
    • 2016

      Being Elvis

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.1(759)Add rating

      Aking a fresh look at the twentieth-century icon who fundamentally transformed American culture, a veteran rock journalist explores the extravagance and irrationality inherent in the Elvis mythology, offering a thoughtful celebration of an immortal life.

      Being Elvis
    • 2009

      »Was ist Liebe?« Mit Fragen wie dieser beschäftigt sich Bestsellerautorin Amy Miller in ihren Romanen. Doch dann wird ihr eigenes Liebesleben plötzlich in Frage gestellt: Als ihre Affäre mit einem bekannten TV-Moderator auffliegt, muss sie vor der neugierigen Presse aus London fliehen. Sie landet in einem kleinen Hotel an der englischen Küste, in dem sich eine bunte Mischung liebenswert-skurriler Gäste tummelt. Auf dem Valentinstagsball des Hotels überschlagen sich schließlich die Ereignisse …

      Verrückt nach Liebe
    • 1993

      Sunday Morning

      • 576 pages
      • 21 hours of reading
      4.0(20)Add rating

      Ray Connolly first became knownfor his weekly interviews in theEvening Standard in the latesixties; later he was Atticus onThe Sunday Times. Among hisfilm and television credits areThat'll be the Day, Stardust,Lytton's Diary, Forever Young, adocumentary on James Dean andPerfect Scoundrels, while hisnovels include Trick or Treat?and Newsdeath.SUNDAY MORNINGSet against the London media world of the last twenty-five years,Sunday Morning is a stunningly powerful novel of passion, ambitionand mystery; a tale of intertwined lives and complex relationships.Towering above all is Hudson, the handsome, enigmatic, lonelyyoung American who draws everyone together, builds a mediaempire, and falls hopelessly but tragically in love.

      Sunday Morning