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My Booky Wook by Russell Brand (2008, Trade Paperback)
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His father left when he was three months old, he was bulimic at age 12, and began drinking heavily and taking drugs by age 16. He has now been clean for three years, and hasnt looked back since.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
ISBN-100340936177
ISBN-139780340936177
eBay Product ID (ePID)64064965
Product Key Features
Book TitleMy Booky Wook
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorRussell Brand
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews'The most talented stand-up comedian to emerge in Britain this decade, Brand combines Eddie Izzard's rare ability to carry a whole crowd along on an audacious flight of comic fancy with the carnal magnetism of the young George Best. Audiences leave a Brand performance not just entertained but actively debauched by his catalogue of erotic misadventure.', 'How in God's name did the publishers ever get him to sit down and write the bloody thing? Because make no mistake - unlike most celebrity biogs, MY BOOKY WOOK has definitely been written by Brand.', The most talented stand-up comedian to emerge in Britain this decade, Brand combines Eddie Izzard "s rare ability to carry a whole crowd along on an audacious flight of comic fancy with the carnal magnetism of the young George Best. Audiences leave a Brand performance not just entertained but actively debauched by his catalogue of erotic misadventure. ", €~The most talented stand-up comedian to emerge in Britain this decade, Brand combines Eddie Izzard's rare ability to carry a whole crowd along on an audacious flight of comic fancy with the carnal magnetism of the young George Best. Audiences leave a Brand performance not just entertained but actively debauched by his catalogue of erotic misadventure.', 'To his expanding CV can now be added a scandalous, libidinous memoir that is better written and more entertaining than any number of the celebrity autobiographies that clog the shelves of bookshops.'
SynopsisIn 2006 Russell Brand exploded onto the international comedy scene. He has been named Time Out s Comedian of the Year, Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards, and Most Stylish Manby GQ s Men. His UK stand-up tour was sold out and his BBC Radio 6 show became a cult phenomenon, the second most popular podcast of the year. Before the fame, however, Russell s life was anything but glamorous. His father left when he was three months old, he was bulimic at age 12, and began drinking heavily and taking drugs by age 16. He regularly visited prostitutes in Soho, began cutting himself, took drugs on stage during his stand-up shows, and even set himself on fire while on crack cocaine. In 2003 Russell was told that he would be in prison, a mental hospital, or dead within six months unless he went into rehab. He has now been clean for three years, and hasn t looked back since. This is Russell s amazing story.", The controversial, unexpurgated, and hilarious life story of the nation "s hottest comedian “ in his own words., Russell Brand grew up in Essex. His father left when he was three months old, he was bulimic at 12 and left school at 16 to study at the Italia Conti stage school. There, he began drinking heavily and taking drugs. He regularly visited prostitutes in Soho, began cutting himself, took drugs on stage during his stand-up shows, and even set himself on fire while on crack cocaine. He has been arrested 11 times and fired from 3 different jobs - including from XFM and MTV - and he claims to have slept with over 2,000 women. In 2003 Russell was told that he would be in prison, in a mental hospital or dead within six months unless he went in to rehab. He has now been clean for three years. In 2006 his presenting career took off, and he hosted the NME awards as well as his own MTV show, 1 Leicester Square , plus Big Brother's Big Mouth on Channel 4. His UK stand-up tour was sold out and his BBC Radio 6 show became a cult phenomenon, the second most popular podcast of the year after Ricky Gervais. He was awarded Time Out 's Stand Up Comedian of the Year and won Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards. In 2007 Russell hosted both the Brit Awards and Comic Relief, and continued to front Big Brother's Big Mouth . His BBC2 radio podcast became the UK's most popular. Russell writes a weekly football column in the Guardian and is the patron of Focus 12, a charity helping people with alcohol and substance misuse. He also hosts a podcast, Under the Skin , in which he delves below the surface of modern society., 'My life is a series of embarrassing incidents strung together by telling people about those embarrassing incidents. Russell Brand grew up in Essex. His father left when he was three months old, he was bulimic at 12, and left school at 16 to study at the Italia Conti stage school. There, he began drinking heavily and taking drugs. In 2003, he was told that he would be in prison, in a metal hospital or dead within six months unless he went in to rehab. He decided to get clean, and has since become an internationally successful stand-up comedian, TV host, radio broadcaster and columnist, and is also the patron of 'Focus 12', a charity helping people with alcohol and substance misuse.
LC Classification NumberPN2598
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