MERCURY & ME, Jim Hutton
Decrizione del libro tratta dal web (ibs.it):
The relationship between Freddie Mercury and Jim Hutton evolved over several months in 1984 and 1985. Even when they first slept together Button had no idea who Mercury was, and when the star told him his name it meant nothing to him. Hutton worked as a barber at the Savoy Hotel and retained his job and his lodgings in Sutton, Surrey, for two years after moving in with Mercury, and then worked as his gardener. He was never fully assimilated into Mercury's jet-setting lifestyle, nor did he want to be, but from 1985 until Mercury's death in 1991 he was closer to him than anyone and knew all Mercury's closest friends: the other members of Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, Phil Collins to name a few. Ever present at the countless Sunday lunch gatherings and opulent parties, Hutton has a wealth of anecdotes about as well as a deep understanding of, Mercury's life. He also nursed Mercury through his terminal illness, often held him throughout the night in his final weeks, and was with him as he died. No one can tell the story of the last few years of Mercury's private life - the ecstasies and the agonies - more accurately or honestly than Jim Hutton.
Si tratta, dunque, di un libro in inglese (per quanto io abbia cercato non sono riuscita a trovare e un'edizione tradotta in italiano). Già questo elemento potrebbe distogliere i meno coraggiosi dal leggerlo. Eppure si legge molto agevolmente (e la sottoscritta non è certamente una madrelingua inglese...) e lascia il segno per l'amore che comunica!
Jim Hutton scrive senza indulgere a particolari morbosi, descrive nel modo più obiettivo possibile, ricorda dettagli che solo chi ama può ricordare!
Alcune scene sono tali quali le ritroviamo nel film capolavoro "Bohemian Rhapsody" (evidentemente deve essersi trattato di una delle fonti usate dal regista...).
I personaggi si materializzano davanti ai nostri occhi con le loro specificità riconoscibili a chiunque!
Insomma, un capolavoro di biografia. Come poche altre del genere!
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