Brought to you by Penguin. The original bestselling autobiography by comedian, novelist and national treasure Stephen Fry. Few people serve time in prison before studying at Cambridge. You might be surprised to know that Stephen Fry is one of them. Moab is My Washpot, the remarkable story of Stephen Fry's tumultuous early life, is by turns funny, shocking, tender, delicious, sad, lyrical, bruisingly frank and addictively readable. It's the story of a boy sent to a boarding school 200 miles from home at the age of seven, ...
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Brought to you by Penguin. The original bestselling autobiography by comedian, novelist and national treasure Stephen Fry. Few people serve time in prison before studying at Cambridge. You might be surprised to know that Stephen Fry is one of them. Moab is My Washpot, the remarkable story of Stephen Fry's tumultuous early life, is by turns funny, shocking, tender, delicious, sad, lyrical, bruisingly frank and addictively readable. It's the story of a boy sent to a boarding school 200 miles from home at the age of seven, who survives beatings, misery, love, ecstasy, carnal violation, expulsion, imprisonment, criminal conviction, probation and catastrophe to emerge, at eighteen, ready to try and face the world in which he had always felt a stranger. Fry writes with the wit and warmth which have become his hallmark, but with shocking candour too. For anyone seeking to understand one of Britain's greatest cultural treasures, this book is utterly essential reading. ??? Stephen Fry 1997 (P) Penguin Audio 2010
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Near fine in Very good jacket. Near fine/VGC. Hutchinson, 1997. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover and spine) in near fine condition, with Dj(two colour marks/stains inside the edges of the back Dj cover, a couple of creases, nicks and scratches on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with a couple of small ink marks on the outer edges. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.343pp including Afterword. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition-first printing.
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Near fine in Very good jacket. Near fine/VGC. Hutchinson, 1997. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the cover) in near fine condition, with Dj(a couple of creases, nicks and scratches on the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with a couple ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges, small ink mark and nick on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.343pp including Afterword. Price clipped. A collectable first edition-first printing. This is another paragraph Product Description: A humorous autobiography that covers the author's time at public school, acting and writing career and the ups and downs of his personal life.
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A reassuring book that no matter what social background you come from, growing up sucks. This is a graphic book that will a) speak to a large number of the male population b) help women understand (maybe) their husbands and boyfriends. Stephen writes with an honesty that is at times difficult to read and at others out loud funny. Wonderful?.but keep it away from younger (
KLSummers
Dec 16, 2009
Stephen Fry is my Hero
This man is a national treasure and a truly great man, with the kinds of noble qualities that are rare these days. In this book, we are offered an honest and detailed account of the first twenty years of Stephen Fry's life, including humorous, touching and insightful anecdotes, thoughts and advice. It's such an interesting life story that it could be a work of fiction and it's so well written that it grips you like any novel. This book gives any fan - or otherwise - a chance to see what Stephen Fry is like off-screen, off-stage, at home. It's intimate, personal and really a great book overall.
HomeSchoolSAHM
Feb 7, 2008
I am a big fan of quite a bit of Stephen Fry's work and he is an excellent writer, but I could not keep this book since I would not want my children to read it.