Reg Kay & Son

Peter Kaye : volume 1?

Advantages: Funny family chap
Disadvantages: No celeb stuff

. He certainly hints that way at the start of this limited but friendly tome, quipping that ?he feels someday soon someone will knock on his front door and take it all away from him, announcing the money and success was all a big accounting error, your going to have to hand it all back son?. For those who want to know about the best loved comic in Peter Kaye (the man Phil Jupitus will never be) then this book may not be interesting enough to spend your well earnt on. Like the man himself it?s not a remotely celebrity or a parochial journey. At times it reads like his sketches as we learn about his life leading up to his first paid stand-up through those familiar stories and routines. If it?s the time when he worked in an ESSO station handing out Tiger Tokens or his learning days at Salford University (cough!), everything is laid out in ...

thedevilinme 26.11.2009 (13.12.2009) · Read full review
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Review of The Sound of Laughter - Peter Kay

Comical Kay

Advantages: Very funny and easy reading
Disadvantages: book ends when he makes his big break

I must firstly confess that I am now a big Peter Kay fan thanks to my husband making me sit and watch his standup DVD's. I was very pleased when my husband received this as a christmas present and he even let me read it first! I think he later regretted letting me do so as I was laughing so much I was making the bed shake. We are taught a lot about Peters upbringing in Bolton and are introduced to all his close family. We are treated to some very comical stories from his time at school which was run by nuns. Peter always entertained his family and friends with impressions and took his first comic role as the lion in the Wizard of Oz. We learn all about his varietly of part time jobs which he had whilst attending college studying drama which he first thought would be easy but later found out otherwise, some of which were packing toilet ...

sewbizzie 30.08.2007 · Read full review
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Trumpet - Jackie Kay

Advantages: Original ideas, doesn't take too long to read
Disadvantages: Quite dark in terms of tone and mood

This is the first piece of work I have read which has been written by Jackie Kay, and i found that the plot and ideas in 'Trumpet' were so original that I would have no idea what to expect if i were to pick up another novel or poem of hers - I'm not sure if this is a good or a bad thing.. Firstly, a main summary of the novel itself . The plot is based on a famous saxophone player named Joss Moody, who has recently passed away, much to the grief of his wife and son. There is a major twist, though - Joss is not the person everyone thought he was. He was hiding a major secret about himself from the rest of the world (one which I won't reveal in my review). The novel deals with the aftermath of his death - the first part is narrated by his wife, who is trying to deal with home life. Her part in the novel covers flashbacks to when she ...

tracy112 23.06.2009 · Read full review
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