"The Smiler With The Knife" by Nicholas Blake inspires song title?

UPDATE July 25:

Kewpie notes that the possible reference was noted by Mozambiguous in this forum thread back on April 13.

Uncleskinny also adds:

This was posted, almost verbatim, but not quite, on the 16th as part of the NME Moz article thread.

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Ian writes:

Don't know if this has been noticed already. The title of a track from WPINOYB is taken from a Nicholas Blake (pen-name of Cecil Day-Lewis) detective novel, The Smiler With The Knife (1939 - date correction by Emil). The phrase itself comes from Chaucer. The name of Blake's detective protagonist? Nigel Strangeways.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Smiler-With-Knife-Strangeways/dp/0060804572

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awesome. thanks for this. someone had pointed out the knights tale chaucer connection, alliteration overload influence anyone lol, in a previous thread but i didnt know about the novel or the strangeways connection. love it as over the past two years ive become obsessed with crime fiction after i read richard starks aka donald westlakes parker and his description of the real life encounter inspiration behind the character of parker. perhaps ill give it a read after i clean up this mess. thanks again
 
awesome. thanks for this. someone had pointed out the knights tale chaucer connection, alliteration overload influence anyone lol, in a previous thread but i didnt know about the novel or the strangeways connection. love it as over the past two years ive become obsessed with crime fiction after i read richard starks aka donald westlakes parker and his description of the real life encounter inspiration behind the character of parker. perhaps ill give it a read after i clean up this mess. thanks again

One more tidbit -- Cecil Day-Lewis A.K.A. the father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis
 
H.I.G pointed it out first and some people found other stuff in the "lyrics to SWAK" thread. Thought this might be a merging opportunity... :)
 
Please keep up; Smiler With Knife has already been debated on this site: http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/131772-Lyrics-to-Smiler-With-Knife?highlight=smiler+knife
The BRS think the song was based on a chapter of an as yet unpublished novel called Make Me a Monster, but Don't Kill Me For Being Monstrous, which is supposedly written by Morrissey: bluerosesociety.tumblr.com/ . The chapter in question, which is entitled Brazil, is admittedly very well written but as to whether it's Moz or not, who knows!
 
Please keep up; Smiler With Knife has already been debated on this site: http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/131772-Lyrics-to-Smiler-With-Knife?highlight=smiler+knife
The BRS think the song was based on a chapter of an as yet unpublished novel called Make Me a Monster, but Don't Kill Me For Being Monstrous, which is supposedly written by Morrissey: bluerosesociety.tumblr.com/ . The chapter in question, which is entitled Brazil, is admittedly very well written but as to whether it's Moz or not, who knows!

Wasn't it only a matter of time? :p
 
This was posted, almost verbatim, but not quite, on the 16th as part of the NME Moz article thread.

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Please keep up; Smiler With Knife has already been debated on this site: http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/131772-Lyrics-to-Smiler-With-Knife?highlight=smiler+knife
The BRS think the song was based on a chapter of an as yet unpublished novel called Make Me a Monster, but Don't Kill Me For Being Monstrous, which is supposedly written by Morrissey: bluerosesociety.tumblr.com/ . The chapter in question, which is entitled Brazil, is admittedly very well written but as to whether it's Moz or not, who knows!

The person who wrote this may or may not be a total cock, who knows!

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i was thinking to be impressed with morrissey as he seemed to read quickly and make instant reference in 88 lol but why call things out i guess. theres very little point in it for me i suppose. the smiler with a knife is a reference thats found in dozens of places and used for lots of titles. i at least found a new band i liked out of it, the buck pets who released the song the smiler with a knife in 93, but its like everywhere and at least i have a new crime novel to find and read. i kept wanting to try and date it based on the geography of the globe hes holding.
 

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