After three years, Morrissey wrote an autobiography the size of Moby Dick

Morrissey's autobiography has been written, but he's not really convinced anyone will want to read it. The former frontman of The Smiths confirmed that he has finished the first hand of the memoir, and said that the book is as long as Moby Dick.

"Basically, I'm not interesting and I have no idea what I've written so much about," he said in an interview with BBC Radio 4 and added: "I've combed through my whole life. I wonder if 660 pages is too much and if people will be able to handle. And when I think about it, I wonder if six pages are too much for them? I really don't know. I'm shortening it."

The musician has been writing the long-awaited autobiography for the past three years, and hopes to publish it in 2012.

"I got to the editing and shortening stage," he says.

Apart from that job, he also has to find a publisher. That shouldn't be a problem, as publishers are ready to compete with multi-million dollar offers.

Last year, Lee Braxton, head of Faber, sent an open letter in which he said that "his greatest publishing dream will come true if Morrissey brings the manuscript to Faber."

Penguin dreams

However, the XNUMX-year-old music legend wants his book to be published by Penguin "immediately". Fifty-one-year-old Morrissey sees his work on bookstore shelves together with stories about the lives of Gandhi, Van Gogh, Burroughs, Warhol, Tolstoy...

"I would like to release it for Penguin, but only in the Classic edition," he told Radio 4's. "I don't see why my book shouldn't be there. It's scary what's being published these days and what kind of autobiographies are being sold," he explained.

Penguin, whose Classic Edition was launched in 1946 to sell the best books at an affordable price, told the Independent it could grant Morrissey's wish.

"There is a natural connection between his sensibility, artistic achievements and Penguin Classics. This book is a classic in the making and we would be happy to talk to the author about it," said a spokesperson for the house.

Morrissey can count on a fee similar to the £3,5 million that Keith Richards received from Weidenfeld and Nicolson last year.

A new collection of Morrissey's hits, called The Very Best of Morrissey, is out on Monday, April 25.

Killing a deer is like killing a child

In an interview with the BBC's Radio 4, Morrissey criticized David Cameron some more, joining former bandmate Johnny Marr in banning the British Prime Minister from listening to the Smiths.

"It's a moral issue," said the vegetarian, referring to Cameron's support for hunting.

"Killing a deer is like killing a child... When you're making music, you're happy when anyone listens to it, whoever it is. However, someone with such an extreme lifestyle as Cameron, who says his hobby is killing deer, he is an exception".

Although Cameron said he has been to "many, many" Morrissey concerts, the musician says they have never met. The musician for the umpteenth time denied the possibility of a "Smiths" reunion: "It won't happen. No, I don't believe it. There is no reunion, it really wouldn't make any sense."