Freddie Mercury: Too Young, Too Soon
"Bret's is a sympathetic account of the man whom he affectionately calls the clown prince of pop, offering a rare glimpse at his private life---the heartbreaks, triumphs and personal fears."Chester Evening Leader, 18th August 1999."Packed with interviews with Mercury's close friends, fellow musicians and lovers, it is light on musican insight into his band Queen but heavy on the personal tragedy of an often remarkably lonely figure." ****South Wales Argus, 23 November 1996."It is fitting that Bret comes at his subject after completing biographies of Dietrich, Piaf, Gracie Fields and Morrissey. Freddie, a creature of flamboyance and melodrama, probably had more in common with these heart-on-the-sleeve torch singers than with most performers in the narrower genre of rock music."Sunday TimesNovember 1996