“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 Times
Autobiography covers Morrissey’s life from his birth until the present day.
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“Beautifully measured prose…Combines a lilting, poetic turn of phrase and acute quality of observation, reveling in a kind of morbid glee at life’s injustice with arch, understated humor…It is recognizably the voice of the most distinctive British pop lyricist of his era.”
— Daily Telegraph (London)
“Morrissey is a pop star of unusual writing talent.”
— New York Times“What sings out most from Autobiography is his flair for expression and the same wicked sense of humor present in much of his music.”
— Washington Post“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“Wonderfully lush.”
— Entertainment Weekly“It’s about as excellently written a rock-star memoir as one could hope to read.”
— Wall Street Journal“Grandly entertaining.”
— Chicago Tribune“A brilliant and timely book…Autobiography reads like a work of genuine literary class.”
— Independent (London)“Rancorous, rhapsodic, schizophrenic: Autobiography delivers a man in full.”
— Mojo“Sharply written, rich, clever, rancorous, puffed-up, tender, catty, windy, poetic, and frequently very, very funny.”
— Uncut (London)“One of the autobiographies of this or any year…A wonderfully entertaining read.”
— Daily Mirror (London)“Atmospheric narration…Essential for fans of the man himself.”
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Steven Patrick Morrissey is a highly successful singer-songwriter. A co-founder of the Smiths, he has been a solo artist for more than twenty years.