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<p><b>Spanning 1979-1987, <i>The Fry Chronicles</i> charts Stephen Fry''s arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. <br><br> </b>''Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book'' <i>The Times</i><br><br> ''Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does, essentially, is tell us who he really is. Above all else, a thoughtful book. And namedroppy too, and funny, and marbled with melancholy'' <i>Observer</i><br><br> ''Arguably the greatest living Englishman'' <i>Independent on Sunday</i><br><br> ''Extremely enjoyable'' <i>Sunday Times<br> </i><br> ''Fry''s linguistic facility remains one of the Wildean wonders of the new media age. The patron saint of British intelligence'' <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br>Welcome to Stephen Fry''s <i>The Fry Chronicles</i>, one of the boldest, bravest, most revealing and heartfelt accounts of a man''s formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading.<br><br><br>Stephen Fry''s film, stage, radio and television credits are so numerous and wide-ranging that there is not space here to do them justice. It is enough to say that he has written, produced, directed, acted in or presented productions as varied as <i>Wilde</i>, the TV series <i>Blackadder </i>and <i>Jeeves and Wooster</i>, the sketch show <i>A Bit of Fry & Laurie</i>, the panel game <i>QI</i>, the radio series <i>Fry''s English Delight </i>and documentaries on subjects as varied as manic depression, disappearing animals and the United States of America. He''s also the bestselling author of four novels - <i>The Stars'' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus </i>and <i>The Liar - </i>as well as a volume of autobiography, <i>Moab is My Washpot</i>, and sundry works of non-fiction.</p>
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| Author | Stephen Fry |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9781405933728 |
| Item Height | 3 |
| Item Length | 11.3 |
| Item Width | 18 |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
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The Fry Chronicles
£10.36
£10.36/each
Description
<p><b>Spanning 1979-1987, <i>The Fry Chronicles</i> charts Stephen Fry''s arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. <br><br> </b>''Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book'' <i>The Times</i><br><br> ''Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does, essentially, is tell us who he really is. Above all else, a thoughtful book. And namedroppy too, and funny, and marbled with melancholy'' <i>Observer</i><br><br> ''Arguably the greatest living Englishman'' <i>Independent on Sunday</i><br><br> ''Extremely enjoyable'' <i>Sunday Times<br> </i><br> ''Fry''s linguistic facility remains one of the Wildean wonders of the new media age. The patron saint of British intelligence'' <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br>Welcome to Stephen Fry''s <i>The Fry Chronicles</i>, one of the boldest, bravest, most revealing and heartfelt accounts of a man''s formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading.<br><br><br>Stephen Fry''s film, stage, radio and television credits are so numerous and wide-ranging that there is not space here to do them justice. It is enough to say that he has written, produced, directed, acted in or presented productions as varied as <i>Wilde</i>, the TV series <i>Blackadder </i>and <i>Jeeves and Wooster</i>, the sketch show <i>A Bit of Fry & Laurie</i>, the panel game <i>QI</i>, the radio series <i>Fry''s English Delight </i>and documentaries on subjects as varied as manic depression, disappearing animals and the United States of America. He''s also the bestselling author of four novels - <i>The Stars'' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus </i>and <i>The Liar - </i>as well as a volume of autobiography, <i>Moab is My Washpot</i>, and sundry works of non-fiction.</p>
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| Author | Stephen Fry |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9781405933728 |
| Item Height | 3 |
| Item Length | 11.3 |
| Item Width | 18 |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
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- FREE standard courier delivery by Tue 14 Oct
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