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Paperback edition of Stephen Fry's second volume of memoirs, which was a bestseller in all its versions during the pre-Christmas period 2010. Fry was seemingly ubiquitous when promoting the hardback, continues to compere the ever-popular "QI", tweets to his 1.75 million twitter followers and even gets a mention in the "OED" cited as an example of a 'National Treasure.' Oh, and the reviews were quite good too. 'Perfect prose and excruciating honesty...Above all else, a thoughtful book. And namedroppy too, and funny, and marbled with melancholy' "Observer"
Synopsis
Spanning 1979-1987, this title charts the author's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday.