spencesational's review against another edition
4.0
Having seen Paul on HIGNFY, Room 101 and Whose Line Is It anyway? I was intrigued to know more about the man. I respected him before and more so now. His wit and intelligence make him one of the UK's top comedians. His autobiography is both funny and sad in places and well worth a read.
goth's review against another edition
4.0
I absolutely laugh (love) Paul Merton's humor on Have I Got News For You, the absurd way he constructs entire stories from simple cues. Being a comic also gives him a certain talent for storytelling (which comes in handy when writing a book). I am biased in my opinion, because I was really interested in his life and in someone discussing the art and craft of comedy. I can understand why someone else would find this boring, but I now have a list of great people to go search out I had never heard of before.
Read if: you are interested in either Paul Merton (he has included quite some early material) or british comedy of the 1980s and 1990s (because the balance between accounts of work and private life felt sort of 70/30 at times).
Read if: you are interested in either Paul Merton (he has included quite some early material) or british comedy of the 1980s and 1990s (because the balance between accounts of work and private life felt sort of 70/30 at times).
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