It's all in Sgt. Pepper's

January 25, 2010 11:56 AM

Beatles-madness-book: I'm trying to find a book about a guy having a mid-life crisis who becomes obsessed with Sgt. Pepper's

My memory of reading this is so ephemeral that I might have dreamed the whole thing. What I recall is the story of a middle-aged guy with problems (family, work, I don't remember) who becomes convinced that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band contains coded messages to him, or at any rate contains the secret to his happiness, if only he can figure it out.

Anyone?

posted by lex mercatoria to Writing & Language (4 answers total)

I can't for the life of me figure out the title, but I am pretty sure I read this when I was in high school (mid-late 1990s). So I don't think you dreamt it, at least. I wish I could help more. I'm wracking my brain trying to figure out what it was called
posted by synecdoche at 12:23 PM on January 25, 2010

Do any of these look vaguely familiar?

http://www.turnmeondeadman.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=21
posted by stovenator at 12:48 PM on January 25, 2010

Best answer: Is it Shelter, by Marty Asher?
posted by susanvance at 12:58 PM on January 25, 2010

Response by poster: Is it Shelter, by Marty Asher?

I'm not sure, but judging from the blurbs I've been able to track down I think there's a very good chance that it is.

Mahalo MetaFilter!
posted by lex mercatoria at 1:26 PM on January 25, 2010