Delmonico
by Jack Canfora
August, 1964: At the height of Beatlemania, The Fab Four gather in their hotel suite at the Hotel Delmonico to meet the one man they're desperate to: Bob Dylan. Accompanying him is his friend/journalist Erica, whose sharp intelligence enthralls the lads, especially John Lennon, just as much as her independent spirit and rejection of the traditional role of women challenges them. Meanwhile, their manager, Brian...
August, 1964: At the height of Beatlemania, The Fab Four gather in their hotel suite at the Hotel Delmonico to meet the one man they're desperate to: Bob Dylan. Accompanying him is his friend/journalist Erica, whose sharp intelligence enthralls the lads, especially John Lennon, just as much as her independent spirit and rejection of the traditional role of women challenges them. Meanwhile, their manager, Brian Epstein, consumed with his love for John and terrified of making his own homosexuality public knowledge, struggles to do the one thing he does best: maintain control. This proves more difficult as the night wears on, especially after Dylan introduces The Beatles to marijuana. The rest of the night - a historic turning point in Western popular culture - spirals into dizzying party replete with sex, violence, silliness, debates about art, and clashes of titanic geniuses and egos. Told over the course of one night into the next morning and based on a real incident, Delmonico captures people and a society on the edge of reaching a point of no return.
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