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經典「披頭四」傳記《吶喊》（Shout!）作者菲利浦‧諾曼﹝Philip Norman﹞獲麥卡尼首肯訪問家人密友，親炙珍貴個人史料，全面剖析這位長久以來被誤解的天才，動人召喚半世紀流行音樂與文化場景！
史上最成功的音樂創作人保羅．麥卡尼（Paul McCartney），看似擁有從容不迫的橫溢才華、迷人的外表與性格魅力，在這部傳記大作中卻揭露他複雜、缺乏安全感的工作狂一面，即使年過七十仍一如青少年時，強烈感覺到需要自我證明的渴望。
我們得知他的童年因母親逝去蒙上陰霾（即〈Let it Be〉靈感），但也被他了不起的父親所拯救。父親吉姆是利物浦的棉花銷售員，也是麥卡尼唯一一位音樂老師，父親的影響貫徹麥卡尼的音樂生涯，未曾離開。
書中深刻描繪麥卡尼與藍儂之間從青少年起的創作共生關係，以及從樂隊解散直到藍儂過世兩人尖銳的敵對，這痛苦在麥卡尼心中始終揮之不去，也同時是靈感激勵的來源。
本書同時為麥卡尼的後披頭四時期提供前所未有的完整側寫: 他被藍儂、哈里森（George Harrison）與史達（Ringo Starr）邊緣化留下的創傷，在偏遠的蘇格蘭農場幾近崩潰，將新樂團Wings打造成如60年代披頭四一般地位的頑固決心。他與伊絲特曼（Linda Eastman）起初被強烈抨擊後來成為搖滾樂界數一數二佳話的婚姻內幕，亦是首次披露。以及伊絲特曼罹癌過世後，他生命光彩盡失，與米爾斯（Heather Mills）的旋風戀情與四年婚姻告終，寫下英國史上最昂貴、最難堪的決裂。
《保羅．麥卡尼》一如主角本身引人入迷，充滿戲劇性，為這位用音樂點亮世界的天才，寫下最後、最完整的剖白與註解。
目次
Prologue: All Our Yesterdays 1
PART ONE: Stairway to Paradise
1 ‘Hey, mister, gimme a quid and I’ll show you Paul
McCartney’s house’ 17
2 ‘Apple sandwiches with sugar’ 25
3 ‘I learned to put a shell around me’ 41
4 Puttin’ On the Style 49
5 ‘Chalkandcheese!’ 64
6 ‘Paul seemed to make John come alive when they were
together’ 81
7 ‘Just who do you want to be, Paul? Tommy Steele?’ 95
8 ‘Everything’s mad here. People never sleep’ 111
9 ‘Sing “Searchin’ ”, Paul!’ 124
10 ‘Oo, Vi, give me legs a comb’ 140
11 ‘Just think – Little Richard’s got on my shirt! I can’t
believe it!’ 152
PART TWO: The Barnum & Bailey Beatle
12 ‘Did you know he sleeps with his eyes open?’ 169
13 ‘Changing my life with a wave of her hand’ 187
14 ‘Long life and happiness and lots of marzipan butties’ 201
15 ‘This is what a Beatle does in the evenings’ 216
16 ‘It’s a big one, ’cos I like big houses’ 231
17 ‘You might almost have said an alien had landed on
the Mull’ 249
18 Return of the Jim Mac Jazz Band 260
19 ‘An irresponsible idiot’ 274
20 ‘Everything was off the top of Paul’s head’ 285
21 ‘A beautiful place where beautiful people can buy beautiful
things’ 299
22 ‘It was the coup de foudre the French speak of in hushed
tones’ 308
23 ‘You have found her, now go and get her’ 325
PART THREE: Home, Family, Love
24 ‘You’ve been playing on the roof again and your Mommy
doesn’t like it’ 345
25 ‘Fuck you, money!’ 363
26 ‘Go on, cry! You’ll be in the paper’ 378
27 ‘Paul is still with us’ 391
28 ‘It was a barrelling, empty feeling that just rolled across
my soul’ 408
29 ‘It was almost as if I was committing an unholy act’ 426
30 ‘Hell, we’ve really blown it here’ 444
31 ‘Screw you, I’ll make an album you’ll wish you’d been on’ 462
32 ‘An old estranged fi ance of mine called Paul’ 478
33 ‘Man, if I was Paul McCartney, I’d buy the road’ 494
34 ‘They saved themselves for him’ 507
35 ‘Oi, Paul, you know that Mull of Kintyre? It’s fakking
great!’ 519
36 ‘McCartneyesque whimsy on punk steroids’ 534
37 Japanese Jailbird 547
38 ‘It put everyone in a daze for the rest of their life’ 560
PART FOUR: Carrying That Weight
39 ‘Give me back my babies, Lew’ 573
40 ‘About as close as you can get to a non-movie’ 584
41 ‘I bought your songs, Paul’ 599
42 ‘You’re such a lovely audience’ 614
43 ‘I work my arse off , I do. I work my bloody arse off ’ 630
44 ‘Everyone wanted to be the icing on the cake. No one
wanted to be the cake’ 643
45 ‘This letter comes with love from your friend Paul’ 656
46 ‘She radiated hope’ 671
47 ‘Let me love you always’ 684
PART FIVE: Back in the World
48 Lonesome Town 697
49 ‘I’ve just got a leg missing. I’ve still got my heart’ 711
50 ‘Hey, that’s pretty good. Is it one of yours?’ 726
51 ‘You don’t say a lot, do you, Paul?’ 741
52 ‘She could not aff ord to sue all the newspapers she would
like to’ 755
53 ‘Even by British tabloid standards, the nastiness has been
extraordinary’ 773
54 ‘His wife, mother, lover, confi dante, business partner and
psychologist’ 786
55 ‘There’s always that moment of “Can I do it?”’ 799
Epilogue: ‘See ya, Phil’ 808
