Him & Me
$27.08
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
23 July 2014
Summary
Jack Whitehall and his dad Michael remember things very differently in this laugh-out-loud portrait of family life. Jack and Michael open up the rich and plentiful family lore archives on topics such as Jack’s nanny’s enormous feet, Michael’s lifetime touchline ban from Jack’s prep-school and the Whitehall collection of downright weird and eccentric relatives. With family photographs and sketches by Jack himself, the result is a hugely entertaining, hilarious journey of self-discovery as a fa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405911375 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1405911379 |
| Author: | Jack Whitehall, Michael Whitehall |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 23 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 305g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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Disgracefully funny and rather touching
Disgracefully funny and rather touching * R4 Midweek *
The rapport between them is palpable and priceless … crackles with their back-and-forth dynamic … an embarrassment of biographical riches * Daily Telegraph *
About The Author
Jack Whitehall
Jack Whitehall is a comedian, actor and television presenter. Following his first solo show at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, he has subsequently won numerous comedy awards, most recently King of Comedy, voted for by the public at both the 2012 and 2013 British Comedy Awards. A regular guest on panel shows, including Have I Got News For You and A League of Their Own, he is currently starring in two hit TV series- Bad Education for the BBC, which he also wrote, and the award-winning Channel 4 series Fresh Meat in which he plays JP. Jack’s new national arena tour Jack Whitehall Gets Around played to sell-out audiences across the country and will be available on DVD this Autumn.
Michael Whitehall as a theatrical agent has been involved in the careers of many eminent actors, including Colin Firth, Richard Griffiths, Angela Thorne, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Day Lewis, Nigel Havers and Judi Dench. He is also a television and theatre producer. His memoir Shark Infested Waters was published in 2007 and is currently being developed for television. He appeared with Jack at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Backchat, which was subsequently commissioned by BBC TV as a six-part series and screened in the Autumn of 2013. A second series is due for transmission in the Summer of 2014. He recently fulfilled his lifelong ambition of appearing in Dictionary Corner on Countdown.
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