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Boothroyd, Basil

 
9781853754548: Accustomed As I Am: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Speaker Or, All You'd Never Guess About Public Speaking
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ISBN 10 : 1853754544 ISBN 13 : 9781853754548
Editeur : Prion Books Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Basil Boothroyd takes the reader on a comic journey through an era when the likes of the Women's Institute and the Rotary Club were still the social hubs of the nation and needed a steady stream of guest speakers to keep their members entertained. "Accustomed As I Am" is an intimate portrait and sometime surreal travelogue of his own grim and terrifying experiences on the public speakers' circuit in the wilds of Little England. Addressing everyone from Park Lane black-tie shindigs for corporate clients to the inmates of Pentonville prison and the Edgware Young Women's Mizrachi Society, he is asked to entertain on every subject from the Life-Cycle of the Beaver (with slides) to Transport Through the Ages. While masquerading as a How-to-Book, Boothroyd wilfully loses us in a confusion of slapstick asides and self-effacing comic digressions as he unsuccessfully attempts to navigate the pitfalls of a thankless profession. It's a sordid tale of dingy hotels, bad transport, self-doubts, hecklers, drunks, technical difficulties, misjudged audiences and unsuitable material - instantly and painfully recognizable to anyone who has ever had to sit through a speech or make one themselves.

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À propos de l'auteur

Basil Boothroyd was one of the most celebrated Punch writers of the 20th century. He first contributed in 1938 and was assistant editor from 1952-1970. He was equally wellknown for his BBC broadcasts and became a much requested public-speaker on both sides of the Atlantic. He published a number of books including three volumes of his radio talks and five volumes of his Punch articles. He produced much of his writing from a hut in his Sussex garden.

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Éditeur
Prion Books Ltd
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1853754544
ISBN 13 
9781853754548
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
160
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