Product Description

‘My life is a series of embarrassing incidents strung together by telling people about those embarrassing incidents.’

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1068 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-15
• Released on: 2007-11-15
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

Review

‘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.’

Synopsis
'My life is a series of embarrassing incidents strung together by telling people about those embarrassing incidents.'Russell Brand's scandalous reminiscences were always going to have a literary flavour. But nothing you've heard him say on stage, radio or TV can prepare you for the impact of this beautifully written memoir. From his troubled childhood in Essex and his addictions to drink, drugs and sex, to his giddy rise through the world of entertainment, this is not simply a story of fame but of redemption, achingly and hilariously honest throughout.

About the Author
Russell Brand is a comedian, journalist, TV and radio presenter and actor. He has won numerous awards including Time Out's Comedian of the Year, Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards, Best TV Performer at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, Most Stylish Man at GQ's Men of the Year Awards and the Sun's Shagger of the Year.

Customer Reviews

Good ..........sort of
This book was great to start with, the only problem being, that after the intial appreciation of word structure. You begin to wonder why this guy seems to destroy himself time after time, I am not doubting that he has had a lot of deamons to battle, but after these battles I cant help but be slightly frustrated at the off hand way in which they are re-related to us, yes I know this is typical russell, but it is hard to read none the less. I am afraid this book took a long time for me to read and it was written very well, just with a view that was jokey and flippent and that just didnt sit well with me.

Not sure about this one....
I always feel with any book of this sort that I really want to get to know the author a little better - and maybe even like them more. This booky wooky left me cold. I was never a huge fan of Mr Brand - and really wanted to like him because I can see what an incredibly talented man he is. But what a waste - what a totaly self destructive chap he is - even though he knows he is. His word work was not as I expected, very limited given his mastery of it on stage - although whether he felt this was as much as his audience could cope with, I'm not sure. And then to slip in at the end of the book that he was perhaps bi-polar....I think I kind of worked that out in chapter two - but then I do work in mental health.
Sorry Russell, sort it out lad.

Surprisingly Page Turnable
I've never been a massive fan of Russell Brand. In small doses he can be funny but sustained attempts to view his stuff have driven me slightly mental. He is however, never dull and rather intriguing, which is why I ended up reading his book.

It is well written and articulate. He writes like he speaks which I thought might be a problem but it turned out not to be. I think that not having to see his hair on every page helped a lot. He has all the charm and egotism of a typical addict and his intelligence and the amount of thought he has put into analysing himself makes it a real page turner of a book.