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More Fool Me

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Following on from his hugely successful first book, The Fry Chronicles, comes the second chapter in Stephen Fry's life. This unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of More Fool Me is read by Stephen Fry himself.
'Oh dear I am an arse. I expect there'll be what I believe is called an "intervention" soon. I keep picturing it. All my friends bearing down on me and me denying everything until my pockets are emptied. Oh the shame'
In his early thirties, Stephen Fry - writer, comedian, star of stage and screen - had, as they say, 'made it'. Much loved in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster, author of a critically acclaimed and bestselling first novel, The Liar, with a glamorous and glittering cast of friends, he had more work than was perhaps good for him.
What could possibly go wrong?
Then, as the 80s drew to a close, he discovered a most enjoyable way to burn the candle at both ends, and took to excess like a duck to breadcrumbs. Writing and recording by day, and haunting a never ending series of celebrity parties, drinking dens, and poker games by night, in a ludicrous and impressive act of bravado, he fooled all those except the very closest to him, some of whom were most enjoyably engaged in the same dance.
He was - to all intents and purposes - a high functioning addict. Blazing brightly and partying wildly as the 80s turned to the 90s, AIDS became an epidemic and politics turned really nasty, he was so busy, so distracted by the high life, that he could hardly see the inevitable, headlong tumble that must surely follow . . .
Containing raw, electric extracts from his diaries of the time, More Fool Me is a brilliant, eloquent account by a man driven to create and to entertain - revealing a side to him he has long kept hidden.
Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as Captain Melchett in Blackadder. He also presented Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical acclaim.
Praise for The Fry Chronicles:
'Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book' The Times
'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' Observer
©2014 Stephen Fry (P)2014 Penguin Audio

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 20, 2015
      “There is nothing very appealing about show business memoirs,” comedian Fry writes in the first sentence of this new installment of his autobiography, which picks up where The Fry Chronicles left off. With canny accuracy, Fry illustrates his point in what is ultimately a meandering, pedantic memoir that covers about a decade of his life. Fry found himself at the height of his success as a comedian and actor in his early 30s, rushing from party to party, diving into cocaine addiction and sex. In one lucid moment, however, Fry comes to himself and recognizes the line between wisdom and folly: “When I started taking coke my life was more or less perfect. I had enjoyed preposterous success.” Fry does veer off his path momentarily to recall his meeting with Princess Diana, who revealed her secret love of a particularly naughty television show, as well as to introduce his sister, Jo, who became his superlative personal assistant. Looking back over his diaries, Fry wonders about his folly as a young man and where his life might have led if he had not partied so heavily. In the end, though, Fry imparts little wisdom about himself.

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