So, Anyway by John Cleese
Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a comedy giant.
En route, John Cleese describes his nerve-wracking first public appearance, at St Peter's Preparatory School at the age of 8 and 5/6ths; his endlessly peripatetic home life with parents who seemed incapable of staying in any house for longer than six months; his first experiences in the world of work as a teacher who knew next to nothing about the subjects he was expected to teach; his hamster-owning days at Cambridge; and his first encounter with the man who would be his writing partner for over two decades, Graham Chapman.
And so on to his dizzying ascent via script-writing for Peter Sellers, David Frost, Marty Feldman and others to the heights of Monty Python.
Punctuated from time to time with John Cleese's thoughts on topics as diverse as the nature of comedy, the relative merits of cricket and water-skiing, and the importance of knowing the dates of all the kings and queens of England, this is a masterly performance by a master performer.
Format: Paperback | 432 pages
Dimensions (cm): 23.3 x 15.3 x 3.2 | 636g
Publication Date: 09 Oct 2014
Publisher: Penguin Random House UK
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Illustrations note: b&w photos
ISBN10: 1847946976
ISBN13: 9781847946973
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some obvious damage to the cover including minor scuff marks, and a fair amount of creasing on the front cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.