The story of Alexei's early years, in Liverpool in the 50s and 60s, the child of committed communist parents. I loved this book - it was warm, self-deprecating without being cruel, vivid, far too familiar in many ways. The audio version was particularly entertaining since Sayle reads it himself...
Hi Andrea, someone else that like Alexie Sayle? I've passed my books around friends and family and they've been returned very quickly with a lot of negative comments. I've read everything byAlexie and find his humour and unique outlook on the planet refreshing dark and funny. I'm glad I'm not alone.
I hadn't ever read anything by Alexei Sayle until I ran across this book at the local Salvation Army second hand shop. Being a fan of his comedic TV and audio work, I was interested to see Sayle's "serious" work, if you will. I didn't really know what to expect, but after reading the opening stor...
Maybe not the very worst book I have ever read, ...but close. On one level, it was readable, in that I didn't struggle to finish it and there were some genuinely funny bits, particularly the Paul Coelho jibes. Other running jokes, notably the whole tiresome 'soup, swoop, loop-de-loop' thing, were...