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Why the fuck is this a Penguin Classic?

>> No.10224018

>>10224011
england for the english mate

>> No.10224019

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>> No.10224024

Is it any good?

>> No.10224036
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>> No.10224043

>>10224011
Morrissey would only agree to publish if it was published with a Penguin Classics cover. Penguin caved.

>> No.10224134

>>10224043
Wow what an ego

>> No.10224145

>>10224036
Is that for real?

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>>10224043

>tfw this shit is now an irremovable part of the western canon and will have to be stuidied for centuries

>> No.10224186

>>10224036
I like #3

>> No.10224259

>>10224036
2 - Leader
4 - Second In Command
1 and 3 - Old time companions, will have to rescue each other in comedic fashions
6 - Rugged veteran, single scar down right eye
5 - You

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Is this worth a read? I like the Smiths but ain't biographys always shit?

>> No.10224294

>>10224145
Yes, those are the Penguin Classics

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>>10224011

>> No.10224559

>>10224259
>birdlet
>leader

>> No.10224626

>>10224043
that's amazing

>> No.10226273

>>10224559
2 is the most intelligent one

>> No.10226319

>>10224036
>>10224259
1 - the professor
2 - the con-man
3 - the tank
4 - the wing man
5 - the comic relief
6 - the extra muscle

>> No.10226324

>>10224043
>former publishing grunt here
This. Blackmail.

>> No.10226341

>>10224545
Imagine some guy whacking his dick on your forearms, knees, and shoulders, literally everywhere apart from your vagina.
What the fuck is wrong with Morrissey?

>> No.10226378

>>10226341
>What the fuck is wrong with Morrissey?
well where should i start

>> No.10226387

>>10226378
I wouldn't even bother.

>> No.10226408

>>10226319
kek'd

>> No.10226415

"Killed an animal? Your entire race is less than human. Also, remember that time I wrote some music about how stinky my life was in Manchester? I'm famous, you can quote me." -Morrisseus, Smithy

>> No.10227257

>>10224545
fuckin pussy tease

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>>10224259
Lmao

>> No.10228196

>>10226319
nice list but #6 is obviously the wild card

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>> No.10229370

>>10224043
The absolute state of literature

>> No.10229428

>>10224036
>>10224294
kek

>> No.10229445

>>10224043
breddy cool imo lmaoo
beats reading Lord of the Flies

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>>10224011
When will this be?

>> No.10229495

>>10224011

Before any of you waste money on this trash, I would just like to point you to this award winning review:

http://www.theomnivore.com/a-a-gill-on-autobiography-by-morrissey-the-sunday-times/

>> No.10229688

>>10224161
>>10224161
ur dumb

>> No.10229705

>>10224286
Heroin Diaries by Nikki Six was good

>> No.10230139

>>10224161
>Penguin Classics
It will only be remembered as the era when most publishing was done by conglomerates like Penguin Group, HarperCollins, etc. I wonder if there is any way of seeing whether the Big Six has greatly skewed public psyche because of their choices on what should be published or deemed a "classic".