Mercury and Me, Jim Hutton
Mercury and Me, Jim Hutton
22 Rating(s)
List: $24.99 | Sale: $17.50
Club: $12.49

Mercury and Me

Author: Jim Hutton

Narrator: Patrick Moy

Unabridged: 7 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/03/2019

Synopsis

The relationship between Freddie Mercury and Jim Hutton evolved over several months in 1984 and 1985. Even when they first slept together, Hutton had no idea who Mercury was, and, when the star told him his name, it meant nothing to him. Hutton worked as a barber at the Savoy Hotel and retained his job and his lodgings in Sutton, Surrey, for two years after moving in with Mercury, and then worked as his gardener. He was never fully assimilated into Mercury's jet-setting lifestyle, nor did he want to be, but, from 1985 until Mercury's death in 1991, he was closer to him than anyone and knew all Mercury's closest friends: the other members of Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, and Phil Collins, to name a few. Ever present at the countless Sunday lunch gatherings and opulent parties, Hutton has a wealth of anecdotes as well as a deep understanding of Mercury's life. He also nursed Mercury through his terminal illness, often held him throughout the night in his final weeks, and was with him as he died. No one can tell the story of the last few years of Mercury's private lifethe ecstasies and the agoniesmore accurately or honestly than Jim Hutton.

About Jim Hutton

Jim Hutton (1950-2010) was a hairdresser when he first met Freddie Mercury and later went on to work as a gardener for the pop star. The seventh of ten children in an Irish Catholic family, he fell in love with Freddie Mercury and began a relationship with the singer just years before his death. His biography, Mercury and Me, reveals intimate moments between him and the lead singer of Queen.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Suzanne on May 12, 2017

I'm really glad I decided to read this book. I spent a really long time being dissuaded by all of the negative reviews, and honestly I should have ignored them from the get go and gotten this book a lot sooner. To me, it didn't read so much as an invasion of privacy but as Jim's way of sharing a lit......more

Goodreads review by Dorottya on September 11, 2015

I loved this book. I'm a huge Freddie fan, and I really wanted to read this book, yet I was afraid, because we all know what tell-all books are like... full of scandal, drama. I wasn't sure if I was ready for that. But this book was just so nice - it shone through that Jim Hutton and Freddie loved e......more

Goodreads review by Alex.andthebooks on May 04, 2021

Kocham te emocje, autentyczność. Nie wiem czy dałoby się zajrzeć bardziej „za kulisy” - poczuć się bliższym legendarnemu wokaliście i jednocześnie móc spojrzeć na niego jak na zwykłego „śmiertelnika”. Z krwi i kości. Freddie z wszystkimi jego mankamentami, dziwactwami, zwyczajami i ukochanymi kotami......more

Goodreads review by elle on August 17, 2020

[4.5] this book broke me and built me back together again. freddie and jim had such a beautiful relationship, and this book was wholesome and descriptive and lovely. it gave a real insight as to who freddie was as a person, and a closer look into his final few years. i love jim and freddie, and i ho......more

Goodreads review by ALLEN on August 13, 2019

I thought MERCURY AND ME was no better or worse than most as-told-to's written by a spouse with an ax to grind. Mercury fans -- including fans of QUEEN in general -- will groove to this; all others would be better off investing in the band's music. Kudos to the GR Friend who gave me this for my birt......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List