One of the first reviews of Morrissey’s new novel is in, and it’s not pretty.
Julie McDowall, book critic for Herald Scotland, the Sunday Herald, and elsewhere, has tweeted a few scathing reports from the Mozzer’s upcoming debut, List of the Lost, in advance of its Thursday release in the United Kingdom.
“I’m reading Morrissey’s novel with one hand pressed to my mouth,” she tweeted last night. “The horror. What has He done?” Uh-oh. Let’s dive right in…
There are some appalling sentences in the new Morrissey novel. How can this be the man who wrote How Soon Is Now?
— Julie McDowall (@ariel_mcdowall) September 22, 2015
'Our four favoured athletes have the task of relaying in relay and can therefore knock aside bothersome border boundaries (1/2)
— Julie McDowall (@ariel_mcdowall) September 22, 2015
I am human and I need to be edited! Just like everybody else does. #Morrissey
— Julie McDowall (@ariel_mcdowall) September 22, 2015
I'm reading Morrissey's novel with one hand pressed to my mouth. The horror. What has He done?
— Julie McDowall (@ariel_mcdowall) September 22, 2015
Amidst the terrible sentences are glints of what could be a Smiths lyric: "undeveloped at twenty years, indecent thoughts at thirty".
— Julie McDowall (@ariel_mcdowall) September 22, 2015
From Morrissey's novel: The toad of hell smiled a persuader's smile as the rag-mop transaction took place.'
— Julie McDowall (@ariel_mcdowall) September 23, 2015
Now flicking through List of the Lost thinking 'Did I dream all that stuff last night?' Oh Morrissey, let me remember you as you once were.
— Julie McDowall (@ariel_mcdowall) September 23, 2015
Last week, publisher Penguin Books gave a glimpse into one of Morrissey’s passages. The reviews should keep coming in…
Enjoy a sneak peek at LIST OF THE LOST, Morrissey’s extraordinary novel, publishing on 24 September: pic.twitter.com/mrZvb5ORIM
— Penguin Books UK (@PenguinUKBooks) September 17, 2015