More Fool Me - Couverture souple

Fry, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1468313045 ISBN 13 : 9781468313048

Editeur : Harry N Abrams Inc, 2016

Synopsis

More Fool Me is a brilliant, eloquent account by a man driven to create and to entertain—revealing a dark side he has long kept hidden. By his early thirties, Stephen Fry— teleion darling and critically acclaimed and bestselling author with a coterie of equally talented friends—had, as they say, “made it.” Writing and recording by day, and haunting a never-ending series of celebrity parties by night, he was a high functioning addict in both work and play. He was so distracted by the high life that he could hardly see the inevitable, headlong tumble that must surely follow . . .

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Praise for Stephen Fry:“This is, above all else, a thoughtful book. And namedroppy too, and funny . . . Its camaraderie of tone lets it wear its learning lightly yet leaves you with . . . new insights, new ways of looking at things.” —The Guardian“Funny, poignant . . . His prose feels like an ideal form of conversation.” —The Washington Post“Delightful . . . To read this book is to fall in love (perhaps not for the first time) with its subjects . . . Strongly recommended.” —National Review

“Fry begins with an unnecessary apology for the ordinariness of his writing, and then proceeds to write masterfully, assessing himself with his signature blend of self-loathing and baffled amusement . . . The memoir stands as proof of the author's intelligence, wit, and insight.”—Entertainment Weekly

“The Fry Chronicles is so slickly charming it seems churlish to harrumph.” —The Wall Street Journal

Présentation de l'éditeur

By his early thirties, Stephen Fry—writer, comedian, star of stage and screen—had, as they say, “made it.” Much loved on British television, author of a critically acclaimed and bestselling first novel, with a glamorous and glittering cast of friends, he had more work than was perhaps good for him.

As the ’80s drew to a close, he began to burn the candle at both ends. Writing and recording by day, and haunting a neverending series of celebrity parties, drinking dens, and poker games by night, he was a high functioning addict. He was so busy, so distracted by the high life, that he could hardly see the inevitable, headlong tumble that must surely follow . . .

Filled with raw, electric extracts from his diaries of the time, More Fool Me is a brilliant, eloquent account by a man driven to create and to entertain—revealing a side to him he has long kept hidden.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harry N Abrams Inc
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1468313045
• ISBN 13: 9781468313048
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 388
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible