Comedy and Error: They Really Were Marvellous Times - Brossura

Day, Simon

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ISBN 10: 1849830568 ISBN 13: 9781849830560

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster UK, 2012

Riassunto

Best known as one of the stars of the Fast Show(where he played characters such as Dave Angel - Eco-Warrior, Tommy Cockles and Competitive Dad) and Bellamy's Peopleco-starring Paul Whitehouse, Simon Day tells the shocking, sometimes sad, and hilariously funny story of his life so far.

Simon Day's memoir is a story of unlikely successes and secret lives. In the early 1980s he was a petty thief living rough in South East London and stealing whatever he could to fund an addiction to fruit machines. He was arrested and sentenced to borstal. Simon's memoir tells the story of how this nice, middle-class boy from the suburbs -- a self-confessed 'crap criminal' -- served time with the professionals and hard-cases in a jail fiercely divided along racial lines during the height of the 1981 riots. It moves on to the lucky breaks, the talent getting recognised, the 'redemption' of his years as a celebrity . . . with the parallel story of his addiction which -- with money and success -- became fuelled by drugs.

Dark and dramatic, Simon Day's memoir is a laugh-out-loud-funny story of drugs, crime and comedy.

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Recensione

'Simon Day is the funniest person I know, and he thinks so too' --Paul Whitehouse

'Astonishingly frank... Pulling no punches and endlessly self-deprecating, this autobiogaphy is refreshingly honest and brutally funny' --News of the World

'Hilarious, heartfelt and hair-raisingly honest' --Charlie Higson

'Compelling... Day has a good story to tell and he's good at telling it' --Evening Standard

Simon s quite quirky. There times when I d wonder why he was behaving in a certain way, so it was like being given an instruction manual. It was refreshing to read such an honest account of how a career in showbiz can have a dark side; how it can go wrong and how you can better yourself. We ve known each other for years but I know him a lot better now. That s how all autobiographies should be. --John Thomson, 60 Second Interview, Metro

L'autore

Simon Day began his career as a stand up comic, winning the Time Out New Act of the Year Award in 1991. He worked extensively with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer before rising to prominence in the hit TV comedy The Fast Show, and as well as making many television and film appearances he has toured extensively performing as his comic characters. He is bald and does not turn down hot food.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Simon & Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1849830568
• ISBN 13: 9781849830560
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Simone Casetta; 0039 275422215; casetta@mondadori.it; ; Via Mondadori 1,; Segrate Milano; 20090; Italia