Sorry to reply so late- many late work hours. The answer to your question is nope- not off my high horse yet. The bit that I read about Freddies last days was enough to know that Jim Hutton is a big fat fart who wrote a book to say "Look at me Look at me, I knew Freddie Mercury and did naughty things with him".
Its one thing to write a memoir about someone you loved and had great times with- I've read many of them (about other celebrities), and I don't recall reading about personal private moments written in gory detail for the whole world to see. Sure, arguments, petty insults and the like have been described, we all know that memoirs don't always cast a favorable shadow. What possible use could we have to know that at the end Freddie was blind and pissing himself? Thats sad.
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I am reading this book, now, and, so far, my impression is that the book is really about the ego of Jim Hutton. It is not what I expected.
Still, I read on.
Still, I read on.
I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to add to it anyway.
I too am totally confused why some people read "Mercury and Me" and find it truthful, nevermind a sort of "love story."
There are sooooo many things that don't add up.
Like, why was Jim keeping Freddy from falling over on the toilet and trying to carry him, when he was so OBVIOUSLY fragile?
(We see what Freddie looked like during the "Days of Our Lives" video. It doesn't take much imagination how much frailer he was by October/November.)
Seriously? They hadn't discovered a bed pan or portable urinal (OR ANY empty container for that matter) in 1991?
And what happened to Freddie's bones? Jim says when he picked Freddie up, he heard a LOUD sound of cracking that he presumed to be his bones breaking.
Did they tell the doctor, were they treated with splints?
Why were they changing his clothes if his bones had broken?
If it wasn't broken bones, WTF was it?
How do you write a book suggesting Freddie's bones had been broken, and never tell the reader wtf happened?
I hate to think this. But it's almost like Jim put that story in the book, to cover his ass, presuming he might be accused of not taking good care of Freddie
I get the feeling like MUCH of the book was a CYA with him anticipating that some not very flattering details of him and his life at Garden Lodge may come out in the future
That would certainly put a new spin on why Mary didn't let them stay in the house (If that story is even true.)
I too am totally confused why some people read "Mercury and Me" and find it truthful, nevermind a sort of "love story."
There are sooooo many things that don't add up.
Like, why was Jim keeping Freddy from falling over on the toilet and trying to carry him, when he was so OBVIOUSLY fragile?
(We see what Freddie looked like during the "Days of Our Lives" video. It doesn't take much imagination how much frailer he was by October/November.)
Seriously? They hadn't discovered a bed pan or portable urinal (OR ANY empty container for that matter) in 1991?
And what happened to Freddie's bones? Jim says when he picked Freddie up, he heard a LOUD sound of cracking that he presumed to be his bones breaking.
Did they tell the doctor, were they treated with splints?
Why were they changing his clothes if his bones had broken?
If it wasn't broken bones, WTF was it?
How do you write a book suggesting Freddie's bones had been broken, and never tell the reader wtf happened?
I hate to think this. But it's almost like Jim put that story in the book, to cover his ass, presuming he might be accused of not taking good care of Freddie
I get the feeling like MUCH of the book was a CYA with him anticipating that some not very flattering details of him and his life at Garden Lodge may come out in the future
That would certainly put a new spin on why Mary didn't let them stay in the house (If that story is even true.)