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'FRANK SKINNER ON THE ROAD: LOVE, STAND-UP COMEDY AND THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT' (edition 2008)

by FRANK SKINNER

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'Quite possibly the best book about stand-up ever written' GQ In this new volume of memoirs, Frank Skinner describes his experience of going back on the road doing stand-up again, after many years spent working mainly on television. His adventures on tour are by turns funny and moving as he meditates on growing older, the terrors and joys of trying to make a live audience laugh night after night and on the nature of comedy itself.For the first time we read a comedian's account, in his own words, of how his act is put together; his return to a world of dark little clubs and the strange encounters he has there. But what is perhaps most startling and original about Frank Skinner's writing is his honesty nbout not only the highs and lows of his career, but more intimate and personal issues - male sexuality and matters of the heart.… (more)
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Title:'FRANK SKINNER ON THE ROAD: LOVE, STAND-UP COMEDY AND THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT'
Authors:FRANK SKINNER
Info:CENTURY (2008), Hardcover, 368 pages
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Frank Skinner on the Road: Love, Stand-up Comedy and The Queen Of The Night by Frank Skinner

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Skinner can be an interesting, clear and clever writer. He's also revealingly honest when writing about himself. As a result I can't help but find him to be an objectionable little sh*t with some disturbing attitudes towards women. ( )
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'Quite possibly the best book about stand-up ever written' GQ In this new volume of memoirs, Frank Skinner describes his experience of going back on the road doing stand-up again, after many years spent working mainly on television. His adventures on tour are by turns funny and moving as he meditates on growing older, the terrors and joys of trying to make a live audience laugh night after night and on the nature of comedy itself.For the first time we read a comedian's account, in his own words, of how his act is put together; his return to a world of dark little clubs and the strange encounters he has there. But what is perhaps most startling and original about Frank Skinner's writing is his honesty nbout not only the highs and lows of his career, but more intimate and personal issues - male sexuality and matters of the heart.

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