Marksimpson.com has posted a chapter from James Maker's forthcoming memoir to follow up the excerpt posted last year about how Maker met Morrissey. This one is even funnier:
'Marksimpson.com is delighted to offer you an exclusive peek at '1976', a chapter from James Maker's forthcoming eye-wateringly agile memoir 'Autofellatio' revealing for the first time how the punk summer of 1976 actually began: with his suspension from grammar school for impersonating his mother. Jon Savage eat your heart out....'
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I hate to say this, but it seems like it was ghostwritten by Morrissey and given to Maker as a gesture of friendship and as a way to get his work out there while retaining his privacy.
Why do I say this? Well, the style of writing matches the man's exactly. Anyone who's read the liner notes of "Under the Influence", or, to a lesser extent, "James Dean Is Not Dead" could attest to this.
Hmmm. Methinks it's Morrissey's work. But, before I forget, it's very, very good - I quite enjoyed it.