Autobiography morrissey barnes and noble

Ah, Moz. How I’ve missed you.

I first remember coming across Morrissey’s Autobiography in Orpington’s Oxfam. The year was 2017, and my look was one of puzzlement as I noted its serialisation as a Penguin Classic.

A classic? The same series whose range spans Aristotle to Zola?

Autobiography morrissey barnes and noble

Books which have shaped generations, and will influence generations to come? Surely not.

This battered copy was placed on a disorderly, green-draped desk, one littered with a curious mix. Worn-out antique novels with crusted bindings jostled with last year’s beach reads, those easy holiday flicks for the discerning deckchair and sunshine enthusiast.

These tomes rested upon a seat of coffee table books, a pedestal of Jaguars and natural history. What, then, was he doing here?

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And what was I doing there, having taken a bus quite some distance to visit my childhood hometown? What is anyone’s place in the world?

Perplexity and bemusement struck me in that brief moment’s browse. Also bemused, I woul