Playful book about The Beatles wins major non-fiction prize in Britain


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This book is a kaleidoscopic mixture of history, etymology, diaries, autobiography, fan letters, essays, parallel lives, party lists, charts, interviews, announcements and stories. Photo: Handout

A book that looks at The Beatles from a playful kaleidoscope of angles won Britain’s leading non-fiction literary award recently.

Craig Brown’s One Two Three Four: The Beatles In Time was named winner of the £50,000 (RM273,000) Baillie Gifford Prize at a virtual ceremony in London.

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