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Believe Me

A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens

Eddie Izzard Eddie Izzard

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English
Penguin Books Ltd
15 July 2017
Eddie Izzard's long-awaited full memoir - erudite, engrossing and above all very very, funny

The stand-up comedian of his generation. Star of stage and screen. Tireless supporter of charity. Runner. Political campaigner. Fashion icon. Human. There is no one quite like Eddie Izzard.

This is the story of how a boy who wanted to become a professional footballer and win the lead in Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat found comedy. Affecting, witty and nothing less than rousing, readers will, as Eddie himself says, 'look at my life and say, 'If that idiot transvestite can run a whole bunch of marathons, play the Hollywood Bowl, and travel across France with a French-speaking tour, then what's holding me back?''

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Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Height: 143mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   276g
ISBN:   9781405932455
ISBN 10:   1405932457
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active

Eddie Izzard is a world-renowned comedian, actor, writer, runner, and activist. He made his West End debut in 1993 in a one-man show called Live at the Ambassadors, for which he received an Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement. He recently appeared on television as Dr Abel Gideon in Hannibal, and he produced and starred in the FX Networks series The Riches. His films include Valkyrie; Ocean's Thirteen and Ocean's Twelve; Across the Universe; Mystery Men; Shadow of the Vampire; The Cat's Meow; Lost Christmas; Castles in the Sky; and Whisky Galore! His stage appearances include David Mamet's Race and The Cryptogram; the title role in Marlowe's Edward II; 900 Oneonta; and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg in London and on Broadway, which garnered him a Tony nomination for Best Actor. Izzard's hit one-man shows include Dress to Kill, Stripped, and Force Majeure. His performance in Dress to Kill earned him two Emmy Awards. In 2010, the documentary Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story received an Emmy nomination. In 2009, Izzard ran forty-three marathons in fifty-one days throughout the United Kingdom, and in 2016, he ran twenty-seven marathons in twenty-seven days across South Africa in honour of Nelson Mandela's twenty-seven years in prison. By running these seventy marathons he has helped raise GBP4.8 million ($6 million) for the UK charity Sport Relief.

Reviews for Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens

King of the Universe . . . Comic genius . . . Entertainment incarnate * Telegraph * Izzard is Wikipedia in heels. He's made his career out of hilarious, dizzying, surreal routines held up by their own daft logic . . . A force of nature * Radio Times * Sheer Comic Genius. His humour reflects the scattershot lunacy of Monty Python, but with a sophisticated silliness that is entirely his own. He is the most brilliant stand-up comedian of his generation * New York Times * A comedy gem * Guardian * Izzard has a knack for reducing centuries' worth of history to just a few exquisite words (the Romans were just 'fascist plumbers', for example) * Time Out * The funniest man in England * John Cleese * The funniest man in, well, pretty much all of the known universe * Los Angeles Times * Izzard is fleet of foot - even in Cuban heels * Independent * Had the Pythons stuck it out, they'd certainly be doing Izzard-like gags * Chicago Tribune * A consistent intelligence underpins Izzard's whimsy * Chortle * True Izzardians are every bit as committed in their fandom as Star Trek or Dr Who fans * Guardian *


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