"Bohemians should try everything," the book quotes Lennon as saying in the unsuccessful bid.
McCartney and Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, are reportedly outraged by the claim, and Ono has withdrawn her endorsement of the book, Philip Norman's John Lennon: In the Life.
The book also alleges that Lennon fantasized about sleeping with his own mother. - more on this story
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