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In Matt Thorne's novel "Pictures of You" he mentions a character liking the Smiths.
"For Alison's birthday, he gave here a copy of "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me", and to Suzanne as a sibling-pacifying unbirthday present "Strangeways, Here We Come".....Uncle Eric had only given Alison "Kiss Me" rather that "Strangeways" because "Kiss Me" was a double, and therefore more expensive. He himself preferred the Smiths album, as did both sisters. Alison tried her best to get into her present, but aside from "Catch" and "Just Like Heaven", the record sounded too samey, and had little of the swagger of the best tacks of "Strangeways", like "Girlfriend in a Coma", "Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me", or "I Won't Share You". Also, although Robert Smiths's interviews in Smash Hits were very entertaining, she got the impression that he was more comical figure than Morrissey, and on the few occasions that she saw teenagers in her area wearing T-shirts for either band, the ones sporting Smiths shirts looked grown up and intelligent, while the Cure fans just seemed odd."
Sounds as if the author knows what he's talking about. I'm only a quarter of the way into the novel, and frankly that was the best part. Thorne's previous novel "Eight Minutes Idle" (winner of an Encore prize 1999 (?)) was much better. Set in a call centre it really captured the boredom of work, and the characters were so clearly defined. I liked how he captured politics of office life and the working relationships. His other novel, "Dreaming of Strangers" was utter shite. I've gone all low-brow. I blame Nick Hornby.
"For Alison's birthday, he gave here a copy of "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me", and to Suzanne as a sibling-pacifying unbirthday present "Strangeways, Here We Come".....Uncle Eric had only given Alison "Kiss Me" rather that "Strangeways" because "Kiss Me" was a double, and therefore more expensive. He himself preferred the Smiths album, as did both sisters. Alison tried her best to get into her present, but aside from "Catch" and "Just Like Heaven", the record sounded too samey, and had little of the swagger of the best tacks of "Strangeways", like "Girlfriend in a Coma", "Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me", or "I Won't Share You". Also, although Robert Smiths's interviews in Smash Hits were very entertaining, she got the impression that he was more comical figure than Morrissey, and on the few occasions that she saw teenagers in her area wearing T-shirts for either band, the ones sporting Smiths shirts looked grown up and intelligent, while the Cure fans just seemed odd."
Sounds as if the author knows what he's talking about. I'm only a quarter of the way into the novel, and frankly that was the best part. Thorne's previous novel "Eight Minutes Idle" (winner of an Encore prize 1999 (?)) was much better. Set in a call centre it really captured the boredom of work, and the characters were so clearly defined. I liked how he captured politics of office life and the working relationships. His other novel, "Dreaming of Strangers" was utter shite. I've gone all low-brow. I blame Nick Hornby.
