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"Meat is Murder is a page-scorcher, especially when you see Pernice's own experiences practically oozing from the text." Filter magazine "Effectively captures the crushing blows and dizzying triumphs of adolescence, particularly the sense of urgency involved in matters of young love." The Berlin Daily Sun "Pernice captures the essence of the anglophile UK indie lovers that exist in little groups all over North America...Pernice's novella captures [the] feelings of the despair of possibility, of rushing out to meet the world and the world rushing in to meet you, and the price of that meeting. As sound tracked by the Smiths." Drowned in Sound "The novella by the leader of the lush, sad-eyed indie-pop band the Pernice Brothers is full of mordant wit and real heartache. And his fictional (though heavily autobiographical) tale of a tortured Massachusetts high school student who finds solace by listening to Morissey is a dead-on depiction of what it feels like when pop music articulates your
The Times, December 2003
It is beautifully written.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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A short story inspired by one of the best albums ever....,
By pez_75 "burning in vain" (bored at work...) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Smiths' Meat Is Murder (Thirty Three and a Third series): 5 (33 1/3) (Paperback)
...written, this is part of the thirty-three-and-a-third series by Joe Pernice. The author is a musician himself and I personally am a fan of his music (The Pernice Brothers being his most recent incarnation) and even moreso of the Smiths.The story is a chapter in the life of a teenager, and his ongoing relationships around him, at the time when he was obsessed by this particular album. It is a well-written and perceptive book, and is well worth a read, regardless of whether you are a fan of the Smiths.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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The best Smiths book _not_ about The Smiths,
This review is from: The Smiths' Meat Is Murder (Thirty Three and a Third series): 5 (33 1/3) (Paperback)
This book really is fantastic. It's part of an ongoing series of bookspublished by Continuum press, each about a specific album. Whereas the other titles have been mostly _about_ the albums (analysis ofthe content, stores about the making of, etc.) Joe Pernice's book is anovella. In it, he recounts a semi-autobiographical tale of growing up ina working class suburb in the US, going to a Catholic School, feeling likean outsider, obsessing about girls, and falling in love with the titularSmiths record. One reviewer here complained that the book wasn't about The Smiths at all.I think he missed the point. I'd have thought that the story recountedhere ... one of loneliness and alientation, would have been familiar to99% of Smiths fans. The book is beautifully written, witty, and capturesthe essence of everything The Smiths stood for. (While you're at it, why not also buy "Yours, Mine & Ours" by JoePernice's band, The Pernice Brothers. It was easily the best album of 2003
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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The best 33 1/3 - what a great little book!,
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This review is from: The Smiths' Meat Is Murder (Thirty Three and a Third series): 5 (33 1/3) (Paperback)
I am not a fan of Joe Pernice's music needing to like the book too. I'm not a fan of the music. The book though really is excellent. People write reviews of funny novels saying how often they laughed but I don't agree. This book though was hilarious. Don't expect a run-down of the songs as in my 2nd favourite of this series, on 'There's A Riot Goin' On'. It's not so specific. It's more a better version of the still good 33 1/3 book on 'Let It Be' (By Replacements.)
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