Little Me: My Life From A-Z by Matt Lucas
25/10/2017 … There are two men who don’t feature quite as prominently as you might expect in Matt Lucas’s autobiography, though their presence is frequently felt.
Latest Books
Reviews of books about comedy, including biographies of comedians old and new, and (occasionally) books by comedians. To have a book considered for review, send a copy to Chortle, 112 Norman Road, London, E11 4RL.
Wed 25 October 2017
Tue 10 October 2017
How To Be Champion by Sarah Millican
10/10/2017 … Sarah Millican’s first book falls partway between biography and self-help guide.
Fri 22 September 2017
How Not To Be A Boy by Robert Webb
22/09/2017 … Questions of gender conditioning have never been more pertinent… or more divisive.
Mon 11 September 2017
Playboy Laughs by Patty Farmer
11/09/2017 … Think Playboy and you’re unlikely to be thinking about comedians.
Thu 07 September 2017
This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
07/09/2017 … Jeremy Hunt should be strapped in a chair, eyelids forced open Clockwork Orange-style, and be forced to read doctor-turned-comedian Adam Kay’s memoirs from…
Tue 05 September 2017
James Acaster's Classic Scrapes
05/09/2017 … The cover line of James Acaster’s collection of autobiographical stories says it all: ‘Too err is human; to err enough to fill a book isn’t.
Thu 13 July 2017
Emergency Questions by Richard Herring
13/07/2017 … Regular listeners to Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast will require no further introduction to his ‘emergency questions’.
Wed 12 July 2017
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard
12/07/2017 … Eddie Izzard thinks himself ‘a naturally boring person’, which is a needless modesty for someone who has always seemed to defy conventional thinking.