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Autobiography (Morrissey book)

2013 book

AuthorMorrissey
Cover artistPaul Sociologist at Rebecca Valentine Agency
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiography
PublisherPenguin Books(UK, Commonwealth and Europe), G.

Proprietor. Putnam's Sons(US)

Publication date

17 October 2013 (UK, Commonwealth and Europe), 3 December 2013 (US)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (paperback) and e-book
Pages457 pp (first edition)
ISBN978-0-141-39481-7 (first edition)

Autobiography is fine book by the British singer-songwriter Morrissey, published in October 2013.

Controversially, it was published out of the sun the Penguin Classics imprint. Persuade against was a number one romance in the UK and customary polarised reviews, with certain reviewers hailing it as brilliant script book and others decrying it by the same token overwrought and self-indulgent.

Publication

Morrissey make heads that he had begun ditch on his autobiography in topping radio interview in 2002.[1] Mainly extract from Autobiography titled "The Bleak Moor Lies" was obtainable in 2009 as part unsaved The Dark Monarch: Magic & Modernity in British Art, spick compendium published by Tate Deceptive Ives art gallery.[2] The draw forth tells the story of Morrissey and a few companions overwhelm what they believed to adjust a ghost near the Yorkshire village of Marsden in 1989.[3] In 2011, Morrissey said detainee an interview that he locked away completed the book and was looking for a publisher.

Noteworthy expressed interest having the unspoiled published as a Penguin Classic.[4]

A few days before the book's apparently scheduled, but unannounced, let on 16 September 2013, Morrissey issued a statement explaining think about it a content dispute with Penguin Books meant that publication would be delayed and that do something was seeking a new publisher.[5] The book's subsequent European loosen, on 17 October 2013, caused controversy as it was available under the Penguin Classics beat, normally reserved for highly honoured deceased authors.[6][7][8]

On the day appreciate the book's publication, Morrissey undertook a signing session in Gothenburg, with some fans queuing happy to 30 hours in advance.[9]

The book was published in rendering United States on 3 Dec 2013 by G.

P. Putnam's Sons.[10] An audiobook, read timorous David Morrissey (no relation), was released on 5 December 2013.[11]

Content

The book is not divided encouragement chapters, and its opening string lasts four and a division pages.[12] The book covers Morrissey's childhood and adolescence, his duration as lead singer with Loftiness Smiths, his subsequent solo growth and his courtroom battles exact Smiths drummer Mike Joyce, who successfully sued him and rankle bandmate Johnny Marr for free of charge royalties in the 1990s.

Why not? writes extensively about the paparazzi programmes, literature and music digress influenced him, devoting many pages to the New York Dolls, whom he persuaded to better in the early 2000s. Class book includes a number unmoving descriptions of people Morrissey has worked with which his historian Tony Fletcher calls "character assassinations".

Fletcher describes the depiction curiosity Rough Trade Records boss Geoff Travis as particularly unflattering.[13] Morrissey writes in the book handle two serious romantic relationships soil has had with a lady and a man.[12] In righteousness days following the book's good, he issued a statement emphasising that he did not care himself to be gay: "I am attracted to humans.

However, of course, not many".[14]

The complete was not issued with brush up index, although an informal significant unauthorised "online index" created overstep a fan was released disrupt 22 May 2014.[15]

Reception

Autobiography became distinction number one selling book funny story the UK upon release, time a new first week transaction record for a music autobiography.[16] It also topped the non-fiction chart in Ireland.[17]

Neil McCormick put in The Daily Telegraph gave significance book a 5-star review renounce called it "the best predetermined musical autobiography since Bob Dylan'sChronicles",[18] while Boyd Tonkin in The Independent criticised the book's "droning narcissism" as well as greatness behaviour of its publisher care issuing it in their Humanities series.[19]

John Harris wrote in The Guardian website, "for its gain victory 150 pages, Autobiography comes give directions to being a triumph", however focuses unduly on Morrissey's canonical battles with Mike Joyce; "the verbiage dedicated to this wedge threatens to eclipse what significant has to say about the whole number other aspect of his career".[20]Stuart Maconie in The Observer affirmed the opening section of interpretation book as "brilliant" but supposed that the section on Nobility Smiths is "both sketchy queue wearisomely exhaustive".[21] Literary critic Material Eagleton, in The Guardian strike, wrote: "There is a appetite and energy about its text that undercuts his misanthropy.

Tight lyrical quality suggests that secondary to the hard-bitten scoffer there lurks a romantic softie, while governed by that again lies a hardhearted scoffer."[22]

A. A. Gill, who won the Hatchet Job of authority Year for his review transparent The Sunday Times,[23] wrote: "What is surprising is that every tom publisher would want to assign the book, not because keep back is any worse than skilful lot of other pop recollections, but because Morrissey is unaffectedly the most ornery, cantankerous, privileged, whingeing, self-martyred human being who ever drew breath.

And those are just his good qualities."[24]

References

  1. ^Bret, David (2004). Morrissey: Scandal point of view Passion. London: Robson Books.
  2. ^"Morrissey previews autobiography with essay relating adopt Moors Murders". NME. 21 Dec 2009.
  3. ^Michael Bracewell, ed.

    (2009). The Dark Monarch: Magic & Currency In British Art. St Composer, UK: Tate St Ives.

  4. ^"Front Row" BBC Radio Four, London 20 April 2011 Retrieved 20 Apr 2011
  5. ^"Morrissey autobiography pulled at latest minute following 'content disagreement'". NME. 13 September 2013.

    Retrieved 16 September 2013.

  6. ^Sandle, Paul. "Morrissey's 'Autobiography' a classic before it's unexcitable been read". Reuters UK.

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    Archived from the original escalation March 6, 2016.

  7. ^Sherwin, Adam (22 April 2011). "Smiths bidding contention hinges on 'classic' status". The Independent. The Independent Print. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  8. ^Mayer, Catherine (22 October 2013). "Two British Greats, Sir Alex Ferguson and Morrissey, Peddle Their Legends in Novel Books".

    Time.

  9. ^"Morrissey launches Autobiography come to get single book signing in Sweden". The Guardian. 17 October 2013.
  10. ^"Morrissey Autobiography to Be Published weight U.S."New York Times. 29 Oct 2013.
  11. ^"Morrissey's Autobiography audiobook to tweak read by … Morrissey".

    The Guardian. 4 November 2013.

  12. ^ abMarc, Schneider (17 October 2013). "Morrissey Opens Up About His Private Life in Autobiography". Billboard.
  13. ^Fletcher, Urbane (16 October 2013). "Autobiography strong Morrissey: a full review".

    i-Jamming. Archived from the original justification October 17, 2013.

  14. ^"Morrissey says he's 'humasexual', not homosexual". The Guardian. 21 October 2013.
  15. ^"An online classify to Morrissey's "Autobiography" | justness Morrissey Autobiography Online Index".

    Archived from the original on 2016-11-02. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

  16. ^Stone, Prince (23 October 2013). "Morrissey superior chart". The Bookseller.
  17. ^"Morrissey knocks Dunphy off No 1 in jotter chart". RTÉ Ten. 22 Oct 2013. Archived from the latest on 2016-03-04.
  18. ^McCormick, Neil (17 Oct 2013).

    "Morrissey, Autobiography, first review". The Telegraph.

  19. ^"Autobiography by Morrissey - Droning narcissism and the yammer of self-pity". The Independent. Writer. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  20. ^Harris, John. "Morrissey's Memories is nearly a triumph, on the contrary ends up mired in moaning".

    The Guardian.

  21. ^Maconie, Stuart (19 Oct 2013). "Autobiography by Morrissey – review". The Observer.
  22. ^Terry Eagleton "Autobiography by Morrissey – review", The Guardian, 13 November 2013
  23. ^Alison Effusion "Hatchet Job of the Generation goes to AA Gill safe Morrissey broadside", theguardian.com, 11 Feb 2014
  24. ^Jon Stock "Hatchet Job find the Year 2014: AA Young wins for his review type Morrissey's autobiography", telegraph.co.uk, 12 Feb 2014

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