Still Standing
The Savage Years
$28.66
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2013
Summary
The third installment of rollicking adventures from Britain’s best loved entertainer
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘Funny, forthright and sharp as a knife … O’Grady writes just as he speaks.’ Daily Mirror
Lilian Maeve Veronica Savage, international sex kitten, was born on the steps of The Legs of Man public house, Lime Street, Liverpool on a policeman’s overcoat. Her mother, the lady wrestler Hell Cat Savage, had no such luxuries as gas and air.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857501028 |
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| ISBN-10: | 085750102X |
| Author: | Paul O'Grady |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2013 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
As a narrator, stroppy of tongue but melting of heart, O’Grady still charms and tickles. The comic scenes with his truly mythological mum (“the Madame Defarge of Tranmere”; “Columbo in a flannelette nightie”; “Eleanor of Aquitaine with a chip-pan”) can touch the hem of Alan Bennett’s robe… Leaves most fiction and history of the era in the dust. – Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
Paul O’Grady’s life has already filled two excellent volumes… Still Standing is another enjoyable and colourful read. – Roland White * The Sunday Times *
Honest, funny and supremely readable. * Sunday Express *
I absolutely loved it. * Alan Carr *
O’Grady has a playwright’s ear for dialogue, and his salty descriptions of raucous gigs in rundown pubs are a rude delight. * Independent *
Magnificent … makes for colourful reading. The Toxteth riots, the rise of Thatcherism and the scourge of Aids… are all here, described with real fury and grief. * Sunday Telegraph *
The Birkenhead wit tells not only of his life but that of his creation, Lily Savage… O’Grady has such an eye for a story and for dialogue that even those who aren’t interested in the finer details of geisha wigs can’t fail to be engaged * Independent on Sunday *
Funny, forthright and sharp as a knife … O’Grady writes just as he speaks, with comedic barbs coursing through the pages * Daily Mirror *
About The Author
Paul O'Grady
Paul O’Grady first came to fame in the guise of Lily Savage, and was nominated for a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1991. Lily later became a regular on This Morning, took over the bed on The Big Breakfast and presented Blankety Blank. Paul, of course, went on to further success presenting his chat shows on Channel 4 and ITV, For the Love of Dogs and Animal Orphans on ITV, and his weekly show on BBC Radio 2, inter alia. His four volumes of autobiography - At My Mother’s Knee, The Devil Rides Out, Still Standing and Open the Cage, Murphy - are all Sunday Times bestsellers.
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