![]() ![]() Morrissey humorously recounts being turned down for an autograph by T. In florid, melodramatic prose, he breathlessly recalls his still-fresh detestation of school alongside endearing reflections on his obsessive fandom of pop music, especially glam and punk. The early pages of the book are in many ways the best and most interesting, containing skillfully drawn descriptions of Morrissey’s Dickensian youth in the coal-fired, working-class Manchester of the 1960s and ’70s. Morrissey gets the Penguin Classics treatment Most people, like me, will fall somewhere in between, recognizing that while Morrissey is an intriguing character and among the most literate of pop stars - famously name-checking Oscar Wilde in a Smiths song and now devoting a section of his Autobiography to his literary heroes - that doesn’t necessarily make him a great writer. Morrissey fans will adore this book, while anyone who already detests him will find it an often beguiling journey into one man’s inflated ego. Autobiography, the new memoir from the band’s iconic and controversial singer, will be equally polarizing. But I was always on the fence, finding some of their songs exhilarating and others forgettable. When I was a teenager, I was often advised that the Smiths were a band that one either loved or hated. ![]()
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