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In this new volume of memoirs, Frank Skinner describes his experience of going back on the road doing stand-up again, after many years spent working mainly on television. His adventures on tour are by turns funny and moving as he meditates on growing older, the terrors and joys of trying to make a live audience laugh night after night and on the nature of comedy itself.For the first time we read a comedian's account, in his own words, of how his act is put together; his return to a world of dark little clubs and the strange encounters he has there. But what is perhaps most startling and original about Frank Skinner's writing is his honesty nbout not only the highs and lows of his career, but more intimate and personal issues - male sexuality and matters of the heart.**Review“...a minor masterpiece.”–Guardian From the Trade Paperback edition.About the AuthorBorn in January 1957, Frank grew up in Oldbury and Smethwick; West Midlands. After various jobs, he performed his first stand up gig in December 1987 and went on to win the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival. He has enjoyed unrivalled success, both as a phenomenally popular stand-up comic and with his hit TV series, The Fran

Author

Frank Skinner

Publisher

Cornerstone Digital

Published

2008

Language

EN