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Stalin Ate My Homework
- Narrated by: Alexei Sayle
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
Alexei knew he was doomed to be different the day he was taken to see Sergei Eisentein's Alexander Nevsky instead of Walt Disney's Bambi. Born on the day that egg rationing came to an end, Alexei grew up with his parents and the Soviet Weekly. Each year they holidayed in Eastern Europe, where they were shown round locomotive factories and the sites of Nazi atrocities.
Very funny and (almost) stranger than Alexei's fiction, this is a memoir about how Liverpool, Communism, and a mother that his teachers were frightened of, made him want to leave home and make people laugh.
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- Sophisticate
- 14-11-10
FANTASTICALLY HONEST AND WELL WRITTEN
Sayle's is the most self-insightful and honest autobiography I have ever read. It is funny, poignant and tells you a lot about Liverpool, communism, being a delusional, semi-outsider. It is funny but in a wry self-deflating way. The style never palls and he is a thoroughly engaging narrator. A great achievement for someone who only got 4 O levels! I am an automatic buyer for the next volume. Will he be able to be that frank is the second installment?
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- Martin Beecroft
- 01-05-21
'Lexei at his best
Alexei Sayle, one of my favourite comedians, at his best. Great writer with that touch of manic humour that brings a smile to the face in the midst of an often difficult life growing up. Great listen.
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- Jonathan Murphy
- 22-02-21
Wonderful storytelling
Brilliant observation of a young life in Liverpool, being raised in an eccentric Jewish communist family.
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- Darren Rogers
- 20-11-19
Hilarious
Great delivery, great story. From start to finish I loved it. A naturally funny man telling a very funny story.
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- Happy
- 01-11-15
A Hidden History Lesson
This was a really good book and it was well read (although the volume had to be turned down when he was doing the screeching of his mother!!)
It was a hidden history lesson and not just a recap of Alexei Sayle's life, I found it very interesting.
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- Mr. N. G. AUSTIN
- 29-06-15
Yes Yes Yes
Funny Intelligent Surprising Authentic Informative An historic document A coming of age in process Would love to know what Molly would have thought of it
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- MAH
- 22-03-21
great stories
could only be read by Alexei, brilliant stories well told, you can see how his childhood shaped his later life, well worth listening to
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- John Waring
- 22-05-11
Recommended!
Always entertaining and occassionally laugh out loud funny - which got me a few curious stares down at the gym.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-11-10
Funny easy listen
Great little book. I cover two or three books a week and i hear a lot of guff but this is certainly a funny listen. Easygoing and funny. Cant imagine him with long hair mind
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- Binky
- 29-08-21
One to listen to again!
I sort of envy Alexei Sayle's childhood; to a left wing socialist it seems somewhat idyllic!
Loved Alexei's parents, the holidays to Communist countries, and towards the end when he realises that he has little in common with his school friends.
As the narrator, there could be no other that the author himself. I especially liked his impersonation of his mother.
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