PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Born in Liverpool, the only child of Communist parents, Alexei moved to London in 1971 to attend Chelsea Art School. He became the first MC of the Comedy Store and later the Comic Strip. After years of stand-up, television, sitcoms, films and even a hit single, he published his first highly acclaimed collection of short stories. Barcelona Plates was followed by The Dog Catcher, two novels: Overtaken and The Weeping Women Hotel and a novella, Mister Roberts. The first volume of Alexei's memoirs was Stalin Ate My Homework, the second was Thatcher Stole My Trousers. alexeisayle.me
Enlightening ... Funny, smart, original and provocative ... Compared to today's comics and the unctuous 1970s Variety Club of Great Britain golf club elite, Sayle - baleful, menacing, intelligent - comes over as a bloke whose company one might seek out, whether he cared or not. He is a master of the flashing en passant insult. I laughed out loud -- Praise for 'Thatcher Stole My Trousers' * New Statesman * Few stand-ups have come close to capturing a fraction of this creative energy in a book ... Alexei Sayle is an exception -- Praise for 'Thatcher Stole My Trousers', Book of the Day * Guardian * Thatcher Stole My Trousers deals with the birth of stand-up as we understand it in the UK ... I really, really enjoyed this, I thought it was brilliant ... Laugh-out-loud -- Stewart Lee The inventor of alternative comedy -- David Baddiel
