{"product_id":"strawberry-fields-in-the-desert","title":"Strawberry Fields in the Desert","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe true-but-little-known story of how John Lennon came to compose one of the most iconic songs ever written: “Strawberry Fields Forever”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Autumn 1966, following the Beatles’ retirement from touring amid global controversy, John Lennon found a new part to play, as an actor in Richard Lester’s film\u003ci\u003e How I Won the War. \u003c\/i\u003eThis took him to Almería, in southeastern Spain, where he wrote and recorded the first demo of the legendary song “Strawberry Fields Forever.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut how would this Spanish town help shape a song named after a children’s home in Liverpool? How would the man “more popular than Jesus” respond to the ongoing press backlash? How would he handle himself in a cast of established actors? Why did he help a local teacher with song lyrics? And why did he start wearing those trademark specs?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrawberry Fields in the Desert\u003c\/i\u003e unfurls a colorful tapestry of lesser-known moments from Lennon’s brief Spanish sojourn, accompanied by a range of vivid real-life characters, from the now legendary members of Lennon’s inner circle to those all-but-forgotten locals, who long remembered that short but pivotal time. These real-life witness testimonies are adapted from those shared with author J. Adolfo Iglesias and strikingly imagined by illustrator Rafa Amat: a unique view through a narrow window into musical myth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"by Rafa Amat and J. Adolfo Iglesias","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45346456174774,"sku":"9781914224553","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/0610\/7830\/files\/missing-cover_53bd5c44-631d-47c4-b034-fe42ffed2849.jpg?v=1786350832","url":"https:\/\/store.abramsbooks.com\/products\/strawberry-fields-in-the-desert","provider":"Abrams Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}