Morrissey and me

The Smiths as Asian? On the release of a CD box set, a second-generation migrant reflects on his teenage passion for the Smiths, a band that spoke to his own introversionBefore me lies the perfect Christmas present: an elegantly designed and packaged CD box set of the albums released by the Smiths: all eight of them – from their self-titled 1984 debut to Strangeways, Here We Come, which came out in September 1987 after they'd split up. Such riches. Yet I can barely touch this artefact, far les...

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