Autobiography, Morrissey
Autobiography, Morrissey
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Autobiography

Author: Morrissey

Narrator: David Morrissey

Unabridged: 12 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 12/03/2013

Synopsis

“Practically every paragraph has a line or two that demands to be read aloud to the mirror, tattooed on foreheads, carved on tombstones.” –Rolling Stone“Morrissey is a pop star of unusual writing talent.” –The New York TimesAutobiography covers Morrissey’s life from his birth until the present day. 

About The Author

Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a solo artist for twenty-six years, during which time he has had three number 1 albums in England in three different decades.Achieving eleven Top 10 albums (plus nine with the Smiths), his songs have been recorded by David Bowie, Nancy Sinatra, Marianne Faithfull, Chrissie Hynde, Thelma Houston, My Chemical Romance and Christy Moore, amongst others.An animal protectionist, in 2006 Morrissey was voted the second greatest living British icon by viewers of the BBC, losing out to Sir David Attenborough. In 2007 Morrissey was voted the greatest northern male, past or present, in a nationwide newspaper poll. In 2012, Morrissey was awarded the Keys to the City of Tel-Aviv.It has been said "Most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status that Morrissey has reached in his lifetime."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew on December 17, 2013

Oh, it was a good read, good read It was a good read, good read It was a good read, good read Oh-oh, It was a good read, good read It was a good read, good read Oh, it was a good read, good read Oh oh oh oh o Oh, it was a good read It was a good read Oh, a good read Oh, it was a good read Good read, good read Oh......more

Goodreads review by Michael on November 18, 2013

It has been some considerable time since I have hated a book as much as this one, as is evidenced by the amount of time it took me to finish it. It starts off promisingly enough, with a colourful description of the Manchester of Morrissey's childhood, and some accounts of the television programmes, m......more

Goodreads review by Matt on February 11, 2014

PENGUIN BOOKS: So Moz, can you give us an idea of what your proposed autobiography will be like? MORRISSEY: A Manchester childhood of misery upon melancholy upon misfortune, devoid of glamor, absent any hint of human kindness or scrap of salvation save the New York Dolls and Ziggy Stardust unfit for......more

Goodreads review by MJ on January 24, 2015

A late-bloomer Smiths fan, more obsessed with heirs Belle & Sebastian, still teenage enough for the songs to resonate, mature enough for them not to mean the whole world. And then a later-blooming solo-Moz fan, immature enough for the songs to resonate, mature enough to recognise a fading in artistr......more

Goodreads review by Lucy on March 16, 2017

I actually read this book a while back - and decided today would be the day to leave a review. Firstly, a disclaimer... I am a die-hard Smiths fan. So much so, that I actually have a tattoo of Morrissey's face on my left calf. So, it's probably not a surprise to see that I rate this book highly. Howe......more

Quotes

“Practically every paragraph has a line or two that demands to be read aloud to the mirror, tattooed on foreheads, carved on tombstones.”–Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone“Morrissey is a pop star of unusual writing talent.”–The New York Times“As I floated, unmoored, Morrissey would drop in a single masterfully executed sentence. He’s a writer with a gift that he bends to bizarre use.”–Sasha Frere-Jones, The New Yorker“[Morrissey] is at his very best as he conveys what it was, and is, to be a youth lifted free by the sense of possibilities glimpsed in pop music and films and TV and poetry. He also writes as though he has a clear sense that Autobiography could provide the same kind of beacon, the same kind of life raft, for its most impressionable readers as he found in others. And that’s exactly how he should write, for one of the main reasons Morrissey matters as he does is because he has always been that kind of artist.”–GQ“Rancorous, rhapsodic, schizophrenic: Autobiography delivers a man in full” –Andrew Male, Mojo“A wonderfully entertaining read.”–Daily Mirror“Morrissey's Autobiography is brilliant and relentless. Genius, really.”–Douglas Coupland“This is the best book ever. Like ever.”–Wonderland “The Best Music Biog Ever ... In the world of rock autobiographies, Morrissey's is nigh-on perfect.”–NME

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