Of the many fascinating things I learned in this biography, the Doctor Who fan in me cannot but be most diverted to discover that Tom Baker used to spend his nights out clubbing, getting the security guards to let him into the studio at 4 am, and sleep there until it was time for work.
"The Fry Chronicles" is an autobiography that’s as much fun to read as humorous fiction. You can read my full review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/12/21/a-fry-ed-life/
There's an awful lot of "I" even for an autobiography. He's funny it's true, smart too, it's true, awkwardly honest in a i-hope-you-will-like-me-more-for-my-self-deprecation kind of way. Earnestly trying to be relaxed. But a fascinating man, with such a love of language. He describes a generously ...
Sadly, this is mostly a run-through of names and productions from the British entertainment industry which non-British readers will find very hard to follow. Of course there are bits and pieces in between that provide insights into Stephen's private life and/or personality in just as funny and witty...
In the foreword Stephen apologises for using so many pages for so short a period of time but in my hardback edition the type is so enormous that this is practically a large print book. That I would have liked it to be longer is, I suppose, a compliment, but I also felt that there was a lot of filler...
Read by Mr. Fry himself. A fully paid up member of the me-me-me club makes a name dropping list.blurb - This is the intriguing, hilarious and utterly compelling story of how Stephen Fry arrived at Cambridge on probation: a convicted fraudster and thief, an addict, liar, fantasist and failed suicide,...
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