How I Escaped My Certain Fate (Paperback, Main)

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 musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera. Nine years later, 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, the winner of BAFTAs and British Comedy Awards, and the affirmation of being rated the 41st best stand up ever. 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 tells 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, very funny.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	August 2011
Authors:	Stewart Lee
Dimensions:	198 x 127 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	394
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-25481-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
LSN:	0-571-25481-0
Barcode:	9780571254811

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