I am surprised that so many people gave this trash a decent rating. While this book certainly holds your attention, the author, by his own admission, says the book is based on "fact" and the author's fantasy. And what a fantasy it is! It seems if he can find something negative to say or something sexual, he fantasizes about it and writes it.

That alone should serve as a warning, yet I read this book in my library's biography section, not the fiction section.

Rosen's other claim to fame is his admission that he began the project by working with Fred Seaman, and later became a turncoat against Seaman. He even went to far as to run to Yoko and spill his guts so Yoko could use this information against Seaman in court either at the civil or criminal prosecution. What a backstabbing jerk. So you know right away that Yukko had some say or influence in the content of this book. Otherwise, why allow Rosen to release it?

I would probably have given this book 3 stars if, right from the beginning, the author admitted that this was a fiction. But to pass this off as a biography is dishonest and deceiving.

This is a book you can't put down. I was so fascinated by this amazing look into the mind and life of such an eccentric, tortured soul. I had no idea John Lennon had so many demons. Robert Rosen is a brilliant writer with a great talent for telling a story with heart.

First of all I am not a big reader but this book got to me. I could not put it down. I really felt close to Lennon and it made me realize that this guy is a lot more human than I ever thought. Rosen really takes you deep into the life of a genius who really was like you and me. I do recomend this book to music lovers and people just generally interested in a good man's life.

Although Nowhere Man is subtitled as the final days of John Lennon, I think the reason that the book is as excellent as it is, is because it truly gives you an idea of who Lennon became from all of his life experiences. After I finished reading Robert Rosen's account, my somewhat adolescent and naïve image of Lennon, and The Beatles was shattered. Delving in to the particulars of the gruesome ex-Beatle, Rosen is a genius at creating Lennon's persona on paper. Also equally disturbing, was the enlightening that came from reading through the perspective of Mark David Chapman. This was obviously a time period in which the entire world was dwelling on fame and fortune, but the fact that it drove him to murder seems to be blatantly disconcerting. The book covers virtually every aspect of Lennon's life, yet the writing includes little "fluff", thank to the reporting skills of Rosen. The simple insight into Lennon's music will forever change the way we listen to his numerous albums. Doing significantly more than just giving us a little background information on Lennon, Nowhere Man is the essence behind Lennon, and everything he turned out to be.

It's a quick read but NOWHERE MAN fills in a few blanks in the slow fade out from the world and the sudden death of John Lennon.
Albert Goldman's reviled THE LIVES OF JOHN LENNON was the first to suggest that we weren't getting a clear picture of life behind the Ballad of John & Yoko but Goldman's excesses called a lot of what he'd written into question. That was unfortunate since LIVES remains a fascinating well-written rock saga that revealed a lot I'd never heard before: the Beatles were BROKE?
(I'm still disappointed that a new edition of Goldman's book didn't include a Penthouse article he'd written about how he'd been attacked and threatened with death threats by the "cult of rock.")

NOWHERE MAN is easily a more balanced look at Lennon's last days, which also makes it more heartbreaking. It's also scary how much he became like Elvis, the man who sparked a teenage Lennon into rock and roll music: both were brooding loners, both frequently embroiled in spiritual quests, both questioning their extraordinary talents and afraid of venturing out in public, both suffering drug problems. Both died way too young.
Elvis consumed by his appetites, John gunned down in the street.

What I still admire about John Lennon was that he was REAL in a world where every superstar is carefully created and choreographed (it's so much worse these days!). He may not have always been right but he was definitely real. That edgy, loose-cannon quality was one of his greatest strengths as a musician and a person.

The fans who are furious whenever uncomplimentary details emerge about their favorite rock gods need to keep in mind: they were just people.
John Lennon would have been the first person to remind you of that.