So, Anyway ...

The Autobiography

John Cleese, John Cleese, John Cleese

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English

Bolinda Publishing
28 January 2017

Individual actors & performers; Television; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Humanities; Humour

Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a self-confessed legend. En route, John Cleese describes his nerve-racking first public appearance, at St Peter's Preparatory School at the age of eight and five-sixths; 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 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 scriptwriting 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 waterskiing and the importance of knowing the dates of all the kings and queens of England, this is a masterly performance by a former schoolmaster.

By: John Cleese
Read by: John Cleese, John Cleese
Imprint: Bolinda Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Unabridged
Dimensions: Height: 134mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 258g
ISBN: 9781486280667
ISBN 10: 1486280668
Publication Date: 28 January 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: CD-Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for So, Anyway ...: The Autobiography

'Vivid, ridiculously entertaining, and, at times, explosively funny ... Cleese is a master of crisp comic prose: his elegant syntax and sudden absurdities would have PG Wodehouse raising a martini glass. So, Anyway... glows with fairness, kindness, gentleness and loyalty.' -- The Sunday Express 'Told with considerable charm and a refreshing amount of candour, the story is one of a vulnerable soul gradually finding a degree of security from behind a carapace of cutting wit ... Remarkably warm and generous.' -- The Times Literary Supplement 'John Cleese's memoir is just about everything one would expect of its author - smart, thoughtful, provocative and above all funny ... A picture, if you will, of the artist as a young man.' -- The Washington Post 'So, Anyway ... breaks away from the shallow conventions of the famous person's autobiography ... The result is a book that is frequently hilarious, occasionally lyrical and always thoughtful. It is a fine and funny achievement.' -- The Herald 'Like having a long lunch with an amiable, slightly loony uncle. Who also happens to be John Cleese.' -- The New York Times