Spanning 1979-1987, The Fry Chronicles charts Stephen Fry's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. 'Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book' The Times 'Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does, essentially, is tell us who he really is. Above all else, a thoughtful book. And namedroppy too, and funny, and marbled with melancholy' Observer 'Arguably the ...
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Spanning 1979-1987, The Fry Chronicles charts Stephen Fry's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. 'Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book' The Times 'Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does, essentially, is tell us who he really is. Above all else, a thoughtful book. And namedroppy too, and funny, and marbled with melancholy' Observer 'Arguably the greatest living Englishman' Independent on Sunday 'Extremely enjoyable' Sunday Times 'Fry's linguistic facility remains one of the Wildean wonders of the new media age. The patron saint of British intelligence' Daily Telegraph Welcome to Stephen Fry's The Fry Chronicles, one of the boldest, bravest, most revealing and heartfelt accounts of a man's formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading. Stephen Fry's film, stage, radio and television credits are so numerous and wide-ranging that there is not space here to do them justice. It is enough to say that he has written, produced, directed, acted in or presented productions as varied as Wilde, the TV series Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster, the sketch show A Bit of Fry & Laurie, the panel game QI, the radio series Fry's English Delight and documentaries on subjects as varied as manic depression, disappearing animals and the United States of America. He's also the bestselling author of four novels - The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus and The Liar - as well as a volume of autobiography, Moab is My Washpot, and sundry works of non-fiction.
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Near fine in Very good jacket. Near fine/VGC. Michael Joseph, 2010. First UK edition-4th printing. Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the spine) in near fine condition, with Dj(a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with small ink marks on the outer edges, a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover.442pp including list of illustrations. index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book.
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Fine in Near fine jacket. Fine/Near fine. Michael Joseph, 2010. First UK edition-4th printing. Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the spine) in fine condition, with Dj(a couple of small nicks, scratches and crease on the Dj cover) in near fine condition. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with a small nick on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover.442pp including list of illustrations. index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book.
