'Coal Black Mornings is excellent: evocative, thoughtful and frank; an instant hit in a minor key. Anderson is particularly good on his unusual upbringing . . . as accomplished a writer of elegant prose as he was of narcotically enhanced lyrics about urban ennui' Neil Armstrong, Mail on Sunday'Coal Black Mornings is a triumph . . . a bracingly honest work raised way above the celeb book fray by Anderson's obvious talent for writing . . . what he says is revelatory and delivered with writerly panache - as is the rest of this singular memoir, which sends you back to the music, suddenly aware of the wealth of experience that sparked its creation' John Harris, Mojo'A rich, sad and honest tale' Olivia Cole, GQ A brilliant, beautifully written memoir from Suede founder and lead singer Brett Anderson.
