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Synopsis
There is no other contemporary artist who is so famously difficult, so seemingly enigmatic, and so passionately loved by his fans as Morrissey. From the moment he caught the public's eye in the early 1980s as the iconic front man of the Smiths, and through his subsequent solo career, the patron saint of misfits has fascinated and baffled in equal measure. Yet, as Mark Simpson argues in this wickedly funny and deeply sacrilegious "psycho-bio" - told through the lens of his own obsession as a lifelong fan - Morrissey isn't quite so enigmatic as he might appear. To understand this most private (and sexually ambivalent) of stars, one need only uncover the countless clues to his personality in his startlingly candid song lyrics and his innumerable provocative interviews. Simpson deftly explores why Morrissey bewitched a generation - and why he remains as intriguing as ever. Both an insightful look at the singer's career and a personal story of a boy's first love for his music idol, Saint Morrissey is, like its subject, shrewd, sharp-witted, charming, and utterly original.
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Review
"A provocative and precocious read.... Smiths fans will love it, and even Morrissey himself might arch an eyebrow in appreciation." -- Peter Watts, Time Out
"A superb rockumentary of Morrisssey - witty, stylish, adoring, intellectually watertight." -- Paul Flynn, Attitude
"Entertaining and perceptive... written with real flair." -- Steve Jelbert, The Times, 24 Nov 03.
"Saint Morrissey says more... than a thousand interviews with cousins and primary teachers ever could." -- LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
"Simpson is funny, clever, honest, irreverent and egotistical: quite the match for Morrissey. More biographies should be written this way." -- INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Books of the Year
"Simpson writes with enough panache to make most of his peers toss their laptops into the waste disposal and weep." -- Independent on Sunday, 16 Nov 03
"Sublime.... No one has written this sensitively or intelligently about Morrissey." -- Brian Pera, 'San Francisco Bay Guardian'
A fitting, dazzling, handsome tribute. Read this book. -- Dermod Moore, THE HOT PRESS
Like his subject, incurable super-fan Simpson is constantly amusing and provocative...A book Morrissey will claim to hate, but secretly love. -- Ian Harrisson, MOJO
Simpson is funny, clever, honest, irreverent and egotistical: quite the match for Morrissey. More biographies should be written this way. -- Laurence Phelan, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Books of the Year
About the Author
Mark Simpson is the author of several books and writes regularly for Salon.com and The Independent on Sunday, among other publications. He lives in London.
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- PublisherSAF Publishing Ltd
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0946719756
- ISBN 13 9780946719754
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages256
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