A review by bookishwelshie
The Devil Rides Out: Wickedly funny and painfully honest stories from Paul O'Grady by Paul O'Grady

3.0

I decided to get copies of Paul O’Grady’s autobiography series (there’s 4 in total) for my Kindle after his untimely passing. I read his first when it was first released back when I was younger, I always have liked to read autobiographies from a young age and I was very familiar with Paul from the TV when I was growing up. I liked Blankity Blank with Lily Savage (Paul’s Drag Queen persona) and then The Paul O’Grady Show, a chat show that he hosted. I remember my surprise and delight when I realised that Lily and Paul were the same person. That familiar scouse accent, their biting wit… Losing Paul hit me alot harder than I ever could have imagined. He was a national treasure.

The Devil Rides Out (love the title) isn’t as comedic as his first autobiography but it was still an enjoyable, if slow, read! It’s more about his past places of work and how he built himself up in his career in the very beginning. I’m looking forward to his other two autobiographies - the third focuses more on Lily Savage and will have funny stories from those years! Savage was just in her infancy by the end of this book!

3.5 stars