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  • By: Lee Evans
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  • Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary

Lee Evans is one of the best-loved comedians in the country; a Hollywood star able to sell out arenas in the blink of eye. But he was not always such a roaring success. Read unabridged by the man himself, the audiobook edition of The Life of Lee is an utterly hilarious and very moving autobiography, charting his ups and downs on the way to the top. Lee takes us on a darkly humorous journey through his childhood spent running wild on a Bristol housing estate and his unconventional school days, when he was publicly derided as 'a failure' by a sadistic teacher.

In this brilliantly entertaining and engaging tale, he also guides us through a grim teenage period of numerous dead-end jobs. When he was cleaning toilets and plucking turkeys, he could never have imagined that one day he would be playing to thousands of adoring fans at the O2 Arena. The reading also reveals how as a boy Lee got his first taste of showbiz, living out of a suitcase and accompanying his entertainer father around the smoky, rowdy, unforgiving working-men's club and theatre circuit. Desperately struggling to be accepted, this quiet young loner always saw himself as an outsider. But he finally met the love of his life and accidentally discovered the one place where he felt at home: the stage. The Life of Lee is a story that is like its subject: compelling, touching, charming and, above all, fantastically funny.

©2011 Lee Evans (P)2011 Penguin Audio

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Lovely honest down to earth story about a boy that did good!

Lovely read about the life of Lee until he started his career. Lovely honest recap of how the boy from Billericay did good. ❤️

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Rollercoaster of emotions

I did t hesitate about buying the audiobook because I knew it would be full of laughs from the great Lee Evans and I wasn’t wrong. It was nice finding out how he became the best comic of my generation unfortunately life gives you the lows as well not without spoiling any of the storytelling.

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Greatness By A Legend

This book is a must for any fan of Lee Evans, His book is written and read in an entertaining manner throughout,his childhood leaves you truly inspired, wanting more.

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Good, but.

This book is good, but it has obviously been abridged to such an extent that it's hard to follow in places. Being read by Lee, certainly makes it funnier. A very honest picture of his early personal life and the troubles he had before his deserved success.

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fab

I loved the book. The end definitely leaves me wanting more. Please write another book Lee!

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I knew the ending

but it still was an interesting, funny book. I'm glad Lee read it himself too

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Lee Evans is exceptional

This is one of those audiobooks that is way worth paying for ahead of just reading the paperback.

Lee does a tremendous job narrating, bringing to life anecdotes and experiences in his trademark, whacky way.

Full of energy and sincerity from start to finish. It can get a little grating hearing Lee put himself down so often, but that’s just part of his personality.

Would love a follow up to this as the story ends with his first gig. We’ll worth grabbing this if you’re a fan of Lee Evans.

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Sad but very Uplifting

The tears of a Clown sums this story up, two brave souls battling the odds with a wonderful outcome

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fantastic

superb read hilarious open honest gripping in parts superbly narrated leaves you wanting more i can't recommend this highly enough

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Fantasic Guy! W-Hole shaped Full of Love ❤️

Easy listening for most ages..
Shows you dont need every talent in the world to be a success and to be the best you can be with the talents you do have. Will probably listen again. Hope to see more from him! Been too long

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