The Walrus Was Paul: The Great Beatle Death Clues
R. Gary Patterson
Paperback
(Touchstone, Oct. 29, 1998)
âPaul is dead.âIt was the late 1960s, the Beatles hadnât toured since 1966, and some truly bizarre indications began appearing, pointing to the unthinkable: Paul McCartney had been killed in a car accident and replaced by a look-alike. The Walrus Was Paul unearths every single clue from one of rock ânâ rollâs most enduring puzzles and takes you on a magical mystery tour of baffling, yet fascinating, hints for solving this mystery. Test your âPaul is deadâ trivia knowledge. Did you find and answer the following clues on the front cover? To what song does the title, The Walrus Was Paul, refer? -âI Am the Walrus,â which appeared on the clue-filled album Magical Mystery Tour. There is an egg in Paulâs eye. Why? -In the song âI Am the Walrus,â John Lennon sings, âI am the eggman...I am the walrusââand later, in the song âGlass Onion,â we find out that, in fact, âthe walrus was Paul.â To what album (and richest source of âPaul is deadâ clues) do the red, Victorian-style design elements on the front refer? -Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Why is the image of Paul McCartney on the cover blurry? Are there distinguishing characteristics that might lead you to conclude something is awry? -Many photographs of Paul in these questionable years were blurry, and Paul had a mustache, which allegedly concealed the fact that this was not Paul and the plastic-surgery scars were being hidden from his curious public. The anagram on the bottom of the cover refers to a Greek island where John Lennon had what planned? -The island Leso is the âhidden Greek islandâ on which John Lennon planned to bury Paul, and it is spelled out as âBe at Lesoâ on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.