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And Away...

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By (author): Bob Mortimer

The number one bestseller and Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year by national treasure Bob Mortimer.

The most life-affirming, joyful read of the year - Sunday Times

Winningly heartfelt  The Guardian

A triumph  Daily Mail

Bob Mortimers life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate surgery and forced him to cancel an upcoming tour. The episode unnerved him, but forced him to reflect on his life so far. This is the framework for his hilarious and moving memoir, And Away

Although his childhood in Middlesbrough was normal on the surface, it was tinged by the loss of his dad, and his own various misadventures (now infamous from his appearances on Would I Lie to You?), from burning down the family home to starting a short-lived punk band called Dog Dirt. As an adult, he trained as a solicitor and moved to London. Though he was doing pretty well (the South London Press once crowned him The Cockroach King after a successful verdict), a chance encounter in a pub in the 1980s with a young comedian going by the name Vic Reeves set his life on a different track. And now, six years on, the heart condition that once threatened his career has instead led to new success on BBC2s Gone Fishing.

Warm, profound, and irrepressibly funny, And Away is Bobs full life story (with a few lies thrown in for good measure.)
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Sep 2021
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781398508026

About Bob Mortimer

Bob Mortimer was born in Middlesbrough in 1959 the youngest of four sons. He trained as a solicitor before a chance encounter with Vic Reeves in the 1980s led to a successful career in comedy as half of duo Reeves and Mortimer. His screen credits include Shooting Stars Big Night Out Catterick and most recently BBC2's Gone Fishing. His memoir And Away published in 2021. It became the bestselling memoir of the year was named Times and Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year and was shortlisted for Non-fiction Book of the Year at the National Book Awards. The Satsuma Complex is his first novel. He's on Twitter and Instagram as @RealBobMortimer.

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