Summary
HERE are five books that will be welcomed by any fan of the art of the quip. The strangest but best is The World Of Karl Pilkington by Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (Fourth Estate, Pounds 10). Pilkington could be the funniest man on the planet - certainly he gives his mentor Ricky Gervais a run for his money. If you enjoyed his idiocy on the DVD extra bits of Gervais's Politics, and laughed at the lunacy on Gervais's podcasts, these transcripts and stories are for you. One man who won't be laughing at That Peter Kay Book by Johnny Dee (Andre Deutsch, Pounds 16.99), is Peter Kay, who was not amused at this unauthorised biog.
But Dee's objective, warts-and-all biog of the comic has won admirers for its thoroughness.See the full content of this document
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Books ; Comedy
Inside Little Britain by Boyd Hilton (Ebury Press, Pounds 18.99), is informative and steers clear from being a puff piece. Mark Thomas's As Used On The Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground Adventures In The Arms And Torture Trade (Ebury Press, Pounds 10.99) tempers some horrible truths about arms dealing with down-to-earth humour.
Finally, The Devil In Amber: A Lucifer Box Novel, by Mark Gatiss (Simon Schuster, Pounds ...See the full content of this document
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