This letter appears on page 48 of the new Olivia Harrison book Living in the Material World, a better version of last week’s HBO special (see Wyman’s Slate review, from below). There are rumors about scads of letters in Lennon’s hand from this period, which Hunter Davies will collect for publication next year. On the right, Astrid Kirchherr stands in front of a line at the Cavern, 1964 (p. 76).