Morrissey's debut novel List of the Lost: best of the worst reviews

'The stale excrement of Morrissey's imagination' The first reviews are in and they are not pretty

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Morrissey's debut novel List of the Lost has been savaged by critics for its "monstrously overwritten" prose and "atrocious" sex scenes.

The former frontman of The Smiths won accolades for his autobiography two years ago, with one reviewer describing it as the "best-written musical autobiography since Bob Dylan's Chronicles".

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