Paul Morley – From Manchester with Love (Book)

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From Manchester with Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson is critically-acclaimed and bestselling author Paul Morleys long-awaited biography of Factory Records co-founder and Manchester icon Tony Wilson.

“When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend.” Tony Wilson

To write about Tony Wilson, AKA Anthony H. Wilson, is to write about a number of public and private characters and personalities, a clique of unreliable narrators, constantly changing shape and form.

At the helm of Factory Records and the Haienda, Wilson unleashed landmark acts such as Joy Division and New Order into the world as he pursued myriad other creative endeavours, appointing himself a custodian of Manchesters legacy of innovation and change.

To Paul Morley he was this and much more: bullshitting hustler, flashy showman, aesthetic adventurer, mean factory boss, self-deprecating chancer, intellectual celebrity, loyal friend, shrewd mentor, insatiable publicity seeker. It was Morley to whom Wilson left a daunting final request: to write this book.

From Manchester With Love, then, is the biography of a man who became eponymous with his city, of the music he championed and the myths he made, of love and hate, of life and death. In the cultural theatre of Manchester, Tony Wilson broke in, took centre-stage and steered the city toward a new day.

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