Thirteen years ago, Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry's autobiography of his early years, was published to rave reviews and was a huge bestseller. In those thirteen years since, Stephen Fry has moved into a completely new stratosphere, both as a public figure, and a private man. Now he is not just a multi-award-winning comedian and actor, but also an author, director and presenter. In January 2010, he was awarded the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards. Much loved by the public and his peers, Stephen Fry is one of the most influential cultural forces in the country. This dazzling memoir promises to be a courageously frank, honest and poignant read. It will detail some of the most turbulent and least well known years of his life with writing that will excite you, make you laugh uproariously, move you, inform you and, above all, surprise you.

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder . He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - The Liar , The Hippopotamus , Making History and The Stars' Tennis Balls - as well as three volumes of autobiography - Moab is My Washpot , The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me . Mythos, Heroes, Troy and Odyssey , his retellings of the Greek myths, are all Sunday Times bestsellers. Klappentext A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s! with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. Stephen Fry writes in perfect prose and with excrutiating honesty! essentially!about who he really is. Above all else!it is a thoughtful book! namedroppy! too! funny! and marbled with melancholy' Observer. Zusammenfassung Spanning 1979-1987, this title charts the author's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday.

Autorentext
Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder. He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - The Liar, The Hippopotamus, Making History and The Stars' Tennis Balls - as well as three volumes of autobiography - Moab is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. Mythos, Heroes, Troy and Odyssey, his retellings of the Greek myths, are all Sunday Times bestsellers.

Klappentext

A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. Stephen Fry writes in perfect prose and with excrutiating honesty, essentially,about who he really is. Above all else,it is a thoughtful book, namedroppy, too, funny, and marbled with melancholy' Observer.

Zusammenfassung
Spanning 1979-1987, this title charts the author's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday.