How I Escaped My Certain Fate | Paperback

Released on 04 August 2011

Author: Stewart Lee | Format: Paperback

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Experience how it feels to be the subject of a blasphemy prosecution! Find out why 'wool' is a funny word! See how jokes work, their inner mechanisms revealed, before your astonished face! In 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making opera about Jerry Springer. "How I Escaped My Certain Fate" details his return to live performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement to his position as the most critically acclaimed stand-up in Britain. Here is Stewart Lee's own account of his remarkable comeback, told through transcripts of the three legendary full-length shows that sealed his reputation. Astonishingly frank and detailed in-depth notes reveal the inspiration and inner workings of his act. With unprecedented access to a leading comedian's creative process, this book tell us just what it was like to write these shows, develop the performance and take them on tour. "How I Escaped My Certain Fate" is everything we have come to expect from Stewart Lee: fiercely intelligent, unsparingly honest and very funny.

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 Honest and hilarious

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Fantastically honest and entertaining book - a mixture of insights that are funny and inspiring. Buy it!

 Not the funniest but reasonably interesting, to some extent.

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This book is certainly not the funniest book I have ever read. It is, however, a thoughtful and, as you would expect, introspective piece of work. Lee interestingly describes the mechanics behind some of his stand-up routines. He also reveals something of his own inner workings and motivations. Overall, I would say this book is fairly entertaining but it hasn't changed my life (but, realistically, who would expect it to?).

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AuthorStewart Lee
PublisherFaber and Faber (United Kingdom)
Year2011
ISBN9780571254811
FormatPaperback - 400 Pages