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Russell Brand learned early on to make a joke of fear and failure. From a troubled childhood in industrial Essex, England, to his descent into addictions to alcohol, drugs, and sex in the seamy underbelly of London, Brand has seen his share of both and miraculously lived to tell the tale. In My Booky Wook he leads readers on a rollicking journey through his disastrous school career, his infamous antics on MTV, and his multifarious sexual adventures. But this irreverent memoir is a story not simply of struggle but also of redemption, a testament to the difficulty of discovering what you want from life and the remarkable power of a bloody-minded determination to get it. My Booky Wook is a giddy trip through the brilliant mind of one of Britain's most valuable exports.… (more)
blueviolent: Both ostentatious heroin addicts with an Oscar Wilde-an aptitude for humorous epigrams. Both in love with themselves, but cleverly hilarious enough to make reading their works worth wading through the ego.
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Surprisingly I couldn't wade through this. I enjoy RB in movies and a couple of essays I've read have been riveting. But I didn't want to follow the twists and turns of childhood. His deep thoughts weren't calling to me and I never even made it to the heroin.
'The line between good and evil runs not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either, but through every human heart'
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago
'Mary: Tell me, Edmund: Do you have something special in your life? Edmund: Well, yes, as a matter of fact, I do. Mary: Who? Edmund: Me. Mary: No, I mean someone you love, cherish, and want to keep safe from all the horror and the hurt. Edmund. Erm ... Still me, really.'
Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, Blackadder Goes Forth
Dedication
For my mum, the most important woman in my life, this book is dedicated to you. Now for God's sake don't read it.
First words
On the morning of April Fool's Day, 2005, I woke up in a sexual addiction treatment centre in a suburb of Philidelphia.
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Last words
The other woman - a wise woman, seemingly aware that her words and attitude were potent and poetic enough to form the final sentence in a stranger's book - paused, then said, "The bus was always coming."
Russell Brand learned early on to make a joke of fear and failure. From a troubled childhood in industrial Essex, England, to his descent into addictions to alcohol, drugs, and sex in the seamy underbelly of London, Brand has seen his share of both and miraculously lived to tell the tale. In My Booky Wook he leads readers on a rollicking journey through his disastrous school career, his infamous antics on MTV, and his multifarious sexual adventures. But this irreverent memoir is a story not simply of struggle but also of redemption, a testament to the difficulty of discovering what you want from life and the remarkable power of a bloody-minded determination to get it. My Booky Wook is a giddy trip through the brilliant mind of one of Britain's most valuable exports.
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