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| Title | : | At My Mother's Knee...: and other low joints (Paul O'Grady Autobiography #1) |
| Author | : | Paul O'Grady |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2008 by Transworld Publishers (first published January 22nd 2008) |
| Categories | : | Biography. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Humor |
Paul O'Grady
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In his own uniquely acid tongue, Paul O'Grady traces the hilarious tales of life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that took him from a virtuous altar-boy ("my first drag") to Britain's best loved entertainer. It's a life that includes, varyingly, stints in an abbatoir, as a social worker, in a high-class Mayfair brothel, and traipsing down to London to chase his dreams. By 23, Paul O'Grady had been a father, husband, drag queen, gay lover, divorcee, and degenerate. He did it all with a smile on his face, making a mental note to register the whip-smart one-liners that would later inform his star-studded path from the fringes of comedy to the heart of the British establishment, first as his own brilliant comic creation Lily Savage, then, triumphantly, as himself. Paul's remarkable childhood and early life is littered with a dizzying cast-list of rogues, rascals, lovers, fighters, saints, and sinners. Oh, and one iconic bus conductress. Told with pathos, love, empathy, and naturally, biting humor, the story of Paul O'Grady is that of everyman, everywoman, and inevitably, every drag act ever. He has been rich and poor, posh and common, straight and gay. He has mixed with stars and whores and all that's in between, slyly spotting the similarity between them all. His amazing and riveting life story reminds us that there is, when all is said and done, a bit of savage in all of us.
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| Original Title: | At My Mother's Knee...: and other low joints |
| ISBN: | 0593059255 (ISBN13: 9780593059258) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Paul O'Grady Autobiography #1 |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 2597 Users | 161 ReviewsCommentary Of Books At My Mother's Knee...: and other low joints (Paul O'Grady Autobiography #1)
When I was writing my book "I Need an Exorcism" I read Paul O'Gradys books, At My Mothers Knee, The Devil Rides Out and Still Standing. Now I re-read his books if I need to cheer myself up. I have read them a few times now. Struggling with my book I even pretended I was telling Paul a story to get me to write better. Much of my humour in my book I've managed as a result of reading Paul's books. I am the same age as Paul so it was very interesting to compare where I was at in my life when he was[Short review from memory until I re-read and re-review at a later date:No memory really, but I assume quite amusing if not enlightening. Just your average autobiography, I think.]
brilliant and a sad all at the same time.
As a scouser myself, I really enjoyed this book being familiar with all the places he writes about is obviously helpful, but even so Paul paints the pictures with his words very well.This cover's his early years ending when his is in his 18th year, he does not hide or candy coats his experiences which I believe says a lot about his character, it could have been all to easy to show himself in a better light, but this shows him for the "scally" (scouse term for trouble maker) he really was.People
Eat you heart out Peter Kay.
I am partial to a biography now and then as a change to my psychological crime novels and this one ticked the box. I have always liked the friendly, quick witted, Paul O'Grady more as a personality if honest than the entertainer Lily Savage and when I saw this book on Amazon for a bargain 99p thought why not. What I received was an interesting and not surprising amusing tale of Paul's early life growing up in Birkenhead that was certainly light entertainment.What I didn't realise at the time was
Now I like Paul O'Grady, I really do but... This was so boring! He tells it as it was, rather than in his TV voice - and I like the TV voice so it just didn't make me want to carry on. Got about half way through.
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