A review by mschlat
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard

4.0

As usual with my read throughs of comedian biographies, what I love is the early time of struggle. And boy did Eddie Izzard struggle... There's a ton here on moving from group comedy to street performing to stand up, and all of it reinforces the idea that the fight to succeed is what made Izzard great. (It's surprising to see such discipline where his routines appear so off-the-cuff.) Izzard also covers his trip to realizing he's transgender and some of the consequences, his ultra-marathoning, and too little about doing comedy in different languages. It's a good read and better if you imagine Izzard reading it aloud.