Set the Boy Free

“A wise, breezy, supersmart memoir” from the legendary guitarist and cofounder of the seminal British band The Smiths ( The Guardian ). Johnny Marr  was born in 1960s Manchester to Irish emigrant parents and knew from an early age that he would be a musician. Forming his first band at thirteen, Marr spent his teenage years in public housing, playing guitar, devouring pop culture, and inventing his own musical style. It wasn’t until the early eighties, when Marr turned up on the doorstep of