Keith Allen was born in 1953. A versatile comedian, actor, singer and writer, he was a breakthrough act from the Comedy Store in 1979. He went on to star in a number of films made by the Comic Strip Presents, played a dead lodger in Shallow Grave, is in the band Fat Les with Damien Hirst and Alex James from Blur and appeared as the Sheriff of Nottingham in prime-time BBC series, Robin Hood.
The memoirs of Lily's dad, choc-a-block with appalling anecdotes * Sunday Times Culture, Summer Reads * Unmissable * Stephen Fry * A cheerfully offensive mix of agitprop and luvvie, vaudeville and quest, insult, recidivism, heaps of drugs and more introspection than you would expect from someone so full-on * Guardian * Hugely entertaining ... heartfelt and authentic ... You end up rather loving him -- India Knight * Sunday Times * This is one of the most extraordinary, funny and revealingly frank books I've read -- Michael Parkinson