The One After 9 : 9780996372299 : 09 Sep 2015 : 'Rebel Without A Cause' meets 'A Hard Day's Night' A DISAFFECTED LIVERPOOL TEENAGER BECOMES INVOLVED WITH THE BEATLES WHEN HE'S HIRED TO HELP PREVENT THE MURDER OF THE GROUP'S MANAGER, BRIAN EPSTEIN. Liverpool 1961. A city about to explode with the sound of raw-edged rock 'n' roll-reborn. Beat groups outnumber street gangs. Gangs of Teddy Boys terrorise dance halls and clubs with flick-knives and bicycle-chains. Gangsters demand protection money and firebomb clubs that don't pay. But nothing can stop the beat. The beat goes on. The demand for drink, cigarettes, sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll just keeps growing. But The Beatles are going nowhere fast-and they know it. Liverpool's grown much too small. Hamburg has become a drag. It's the same old grind-day in, night out. The big question: Who can get them a recording contract down in London-get them to 'the toppermost of the poppermost'? Only two men have vision enough to do it. Sam Leac