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Auteur van Saint Morrissey: A Portrait of This Charming Man by an Alarming Fan
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But the final chapters were what stay with me. My takeout: misanthropy can be a highly moral act. If violence—cultural or physical—breeds more violence, a principled withdrawal from a world that provokes it can stop the cycle. At what cost to the misanthrope? Simpson gave me a sense that Morrissey knew what price he paid, and it was steep.
The author calls it a psychological biography, but it goes far beyond that. Cultural anthropology, literary criticism, and a political portrait of the time—Saint Morrissey rewards the reader on many levels.… (meer)