Him & Me is a hugely entertaining and irreverent account of a
unique relationship between a father and son. Written in two
distinctive styles, it reflects the larger-than-life personalities
of its authors, Jack and Michael Whitehall. 'This book is a
portrait of the pretty odd relationship I have with my elderly
father. It's given me an opportunity to share memories of him
losing his temper with foreigners on holidays, being rude to my
mother's family at Christmas and failing epically during the
fathers' race at my prep school. He's also written some stories
about me, but can I just say, before you read anything, that I
recall being a calm, well-behaved and learned child, not the
intellectually subnormal, mal-coordinated dipshit that he paints me
as. Nor am I, as he suggests inside, a sex addict, a flasher or a
Scientologist.' Jack 'How dare Jack refer to me as elderly! People
always tell me how young I look for my age. In this book, I have at
last been able to recount the many occasions when I have been let
down by my only son. He failed on the stage, the sports field and
he even screwed up the interview for his first boarding school by
pretending he had mental health issues. Despite being practically
illiterate, he tells stories about me, strewn with grammatical
errors and peppered with endless exaggerations and lies. I was a
kind, doting father, who guided his son through his formative years
with love, care and respect.' Michael 'I'm not your only son, what
about Barnaby?' 'Oh yes, I forgot about Barnaby.' Packed with
anecdotes, some embarrassing and indiscreet, many warm and
touching, Him & Me is lavishly illustrated with family
photographs and Jack's original illustrations. Friends, relatives,
neighbours, teachers, actors, none are safe once Jack and Michael
have opened up the Whitehall archives and shared their hilarious
memories with us. Praise for Him & Me: 'The rapport between
them is palpable and priceless . . . crackles with their
back-and-forth dynamic... an embarrassment of biographical riches'
Daily Telegraph 'Disgracefully funny and rather touching' R4
Midweek Jack Whitehall is a comedian, actor and television
presenter. Following his first solo show at the 2009 Edinburgh
Fringe Festival, he has subsequently won numerous comedy awards,
most recently King of Comedy, voted for by the public at both the
2012 and 2013 British Comedy Awards. A regular guest on panel
shows, including Have I Got News For You and A League of Their Own,
he is currently starring in two hit TV series: Bad Education for
the BBC, which he also wrote, and the award-winning Channel 4
series Fresh Meat in which he plays JP. Jack's new national arena
tour Jack Whitehall Gets Around played to sell-out audiences across
the country and will be available on DVD this Autumn. Michael
Whitehall as a theatrical agent has been involved in the careers of
many eminent actors, including Colin Firth, Richard Griffiths,
Angela Thorne, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Day Lewis, Nigel Havers
and Judi Dench. He is also a television and theatre producer. His
memoir Shark Infested Waters was published in 2007 and is currently
being developed for television. He appeared with Jack at the 2011
Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Backchat, which was subsequently
commissioned by BBC TV as a six-part series and screened in the
Autumn of 2013. A second series is due for transmission in the
Summer of 2014. He recently fulfilled his lifelong ambition of
appearing in Dictionary Corner on Countdown.
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