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Cargando... Only When I Laugh: My Autobiographypor Paul Merton
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Paul Merton has always come across as a down-to-earth, likeable chap, and there's nothing in this memoir suggest otherwise. In his writing he is genuine and he clearly communicates his lifelong passion for comedy. A working class boy who worked hard, was lucky, and succeeded. One of the good guys. I really enjoyed this book. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Known for his intelligent and often surreal humor, Paul Merton's weekly appearances on BBC1's Have I Got News For You--as well as Radio 4's Just A Minute and his travel documentaries--have seen him become an artfully rebellious fixture in our lives for over 25 years. He also has a real story to tell. In Only When I Laugh, his rich and beautifully-observed autobiography, Paul takes us on an evocative journey from his working-class Fulham childhood to the present day. Whether writing about school days, his run-ins with the nuns, and other pupils; his disastrous first confession; his meat packing job; taking acid; leaving home to live in bedsit; his early brushes with the opposite sex--and not forgetting his repeated attempts to break into the world of comedy--Paul's writing is always funny, poignant, and revealing. And when his star finally ascends in the atmospherically drawn 1980s alternative cabaret scene, there is a sense of excitement, energy, camaraderie, momentum, and dramatic impending success. . . And then CRASH! In an unflinching and brilliantly written section that defines the book, we experience the disorienting and terrifying sustained manic episode that he suffered which landed him in the Maudesley hospital. These, and other tougher moments, are written about candidly and with sensitivity and honesty. Yet throughout Only When I Laugh, Paul Merton succeeds in telling his life story entertainingly, with warmth, humor and a big bucket load of wit. Ultimately uplifting, it is the story of a fascinating life, brilliantly told--and one of the best memoirs of the year. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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