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A number one bestseller in Britain, Stephen Fry's astonishingly frank, funny, wise memoir is the book that his fans everywhere have been waiting for. Since his PBS television debut in the Blackadder series, the American profile of this multitalented writer, actor and comedian has grown steadily, especially in the wake of his title role in the film Wilde, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination, and his supporting role in A Civil Action. Fry has already given readers a taste of his tumultuous adolescence in his autobiographical first novel, The Liar, and now he reveals the equally tumultuous life that inspired it. Sent to boarding school at the age of seven, he survived beatings, misery, love affairs, carnal violation, expulsion, attempted suicide, criminal conviction and imprisonment to emerge, at the age of eighteen, ready to start over in a world in which he had always felt a stranger. One of very few Cambridge University graduates to have been imprisoned prior to his freshman year, Fry is a brilliantly idiosyncratic character who continues to attract controversy, empathy and real devotion.

a Number One Bestseller In Britain That Topped The Lists There For Months, Stephen Fry's Astonishingly Frank, Funny, Wise Memoir Is The Book That His Fans Everywhere Have Been Waiting For. Since His Pbs Television Debut In The Blackadder Series, The American Profile Of This Multitalented Writer, Actor And Comedian Has Grown Steadily, Especially In The Wake Of His Title Role In The Film Wilde, Which Earned Him A Golden Globe Nomination, And His Supporting Role In A Civil Action.
        
fry Has Already Given Readers A Taste Of His Tumultuous Adolescence In His Autobiographical First Novel, the Liar, And Now He Reveals The Equally Tumultuous Life That Inspired It. Sent To Boarding School At The Age Of Seven, He Survived Beatings, Misery, Love Affairs, Carnal Violation, Expulsion, Attempted Suicide, Criminal Conviction And Imprisonment To Emerge, At The Age Of Eighteen, Ready To Start Over In A World In Which He Had Always Felt A Stranger. One Of Very Few Cambridge University Graduates To Have Been Imprisoned Prior To His Freshman Year, Fry Is A Brilliantly Idiosyncratic Character Who Continues To Attract Controversy, Empathy And Real Devotion.
        
this Extraordinary And Affecting Book Has "a Tragic Grandeur That Lifts It To Classic Status," Raved The financial Times In One Of The Many Ecstatic British Reviews. Stephen Fry's Autobiography, In Turns Funny, Shocking, Sad, Bruisingly Frank And Always Compulsively Readable, Could Well Become A Classic Gay Coming-of-age Memoir.

the New York Times - Michiko Kakutani

...[e]normously Entertaining....engaging...idiosyncratic....[t]he Dominant Voice...is Comic, By Turns Insolent And Witty, Ribald And Pugnacious....his Reminiscences Are Animated Not By Anger Or Indignation, But By A Genial Sense Of Regret, His Portraits Informed By An Elegaic If Irreverent Nostalgia....[e]ngagingly Rueful...

"Stephen Fry has already given readers a taste of his tumultuous adolescence in his autobiographical first novel, The Liar, and now he reveals the equally tumultuous life that inspired it. Sent to boarding school at the age of seven, he survived beatings, misery, love affairs, carnal violation, expulsion, attempted suicide, criminal conviction and imprisonment to emerge, at the age of eighteen, ready to start over in a world in which he had always felt a stranger. One of very few Cambridge University graduates to have been imprisoned prior to his freshman year, Fry is a character who continues to attract controversy, empathy and real devotion."--BOOK JACKET. "Stephen Fry's autobiography, in turns funny, shocking, sad, bruisingly frank and always compulsively readable, could well become a classic gay coming-of-age memoir."--BOOK JACKET. An autobiography in which British actor, writer, and comedian Stephen Fry discusses his early life, his troubled boarding school years, and his homosexuality A humorous autobiography that covers the author's time at public school, acting and writing career and the ups and downs of his personal life