Morrissey: Scandal & Passion

By David Bret

Book Overview

Britain's most articulate singer-songwriter remains a complex individual whose lyrics are concerned with realism, opinion, waspish wit, irony, asexuality, melancholy and love. In this candid biography, Morrissey's friends and members of his entourage speak frankly to David Bret to reveal a fascinating portrait of the iconic star. Bret's fully up-to-date biography is packed with revelations; accusations of racism and fascism; confessions of physical abuse; High Court royalty battles and the public shaming; the attack on Cliff Richard; renegade fans' attempts to sabotage his career. Placed upon a pedestal and worshipped; alternately derided and attacked by detractors, Morrissey is perhaps the only English entertainer to have successfully created hisown culture, a personal world filled with foibles, likes and dislikes, and above all unsuppressable opinion; a world which David Bret describes with vivid candour that provides a comprehensive insight into the singer-songwriter's life and music as well as an ideal introduction for new fans of his work. The book includes a full discography, numerous original photos and a comprehensive bibliography.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186105968X
• ISBN13: 9781861059680
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Protico
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Thank You For The Hard Knocks

I will make it brief. The reviews here prove what I have always said. There is no such thing as a "normal" Morrissey fan. Any normal person need only study the crowd outside a venue where a Morrissey concert is about to take place and they would agree with me. Pasty-faced geeks who look like a good feed would kill them, bespectacled freaks who try to look like him and who are only truly happy when they are ill. Young men who swear they are straight, but go home and masturbate to the sound of The Smiths. I could go on and on....and Morrissey is laughing all the way to the bank.

A quick fix of Morrissey info

This book had the feeling of being put together mostly from other articles and books. It's not bad for a quick fix of Morrissey info, and usually has a passing comment for each song and album, but I still don't feel that I've really read a biography of Morrissey.