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A review by coops456
The Devil Rides Out: Wickedly funny and painfully honest stories from Paul O'Grady by Paul O'Grady
4.0
Volume 2 of O'Grady's autobiography. Read volume 1 - [b:At My Mother's Knee|4876759|At My Mother's Knee|Paul O'Grady|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1267002641s/4876759.jpg|4942112] - first, just because it's slightly superior.
This picks up immediately from the death of his father and continues Paul's exploits in unsuitable jobs (including husband and father!) and occasionally with unsuitable men. It's repetitive in places and doesn't move the life story along all that far - by the end of the book, O'Grady's alter-ego Lily Savage is still a raw newcomer on the drag scene.
I can't say I was disappointed though, because the writing is so good. It's a warts-and-all memoir, not a celebrity airbrushing. Reading this volume was like sitting down for a good chinwag with an old mate - there'll be some tales you've heard before, but they'll still make you laugh.
This picks up immediately from the death of his father and continues Paul's exploits in unsuitable jobs (including husband and father!) and occasionally with unsuitable men. It's repetitive in places and doesn't move the life story along all that far - by the end of the book, O'Grady's alter-ego Lily Savage is still a raw newcomer on the drag scene.
I can't say I was disappointed though, because the writing is so good. It's a warts-and-all memoir, not a celebrity airbrushing. Reading this volume was like sitting down for a good chinwag with an old mate - there'll be some tales you've heard before, but they'll still make you laugh.