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Comedy, Tragedy, Therapy

Simon Amstell did his first stand-up gig at the age of 13. His parents had just divorced, and puberty was confusing. Trying to be funny solved everything.

Read by Simon Amstell, and interspersed with footage from his stand-up tours, HELP is the hilarious and heartbreaking account of Simon's ongoing compulsion to reveal his entire self onstage. To tell the truth so it can't hurt him anymore. Loneliness, anxiety, depression - this book has it all. And more.

From a complicated childhood in Essex to an Ayahuasca-led epiphany in the Amazon rainforest, this story will make you laugh, cry and then feel happier than you've ever been.

©2017 Simon Amstell (P)2017 Random House Audiobooks Entertainment & Celebrities Entertainment & Performing Arts Film & TV Performing Arts Celebrity Comedy Funny Witty Feel-Good Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Entertainment

Critic reviews

"A beautiful and clever book about being human. All the warmth of his comedy without the inconvenience of his face." (Russell Brand)
"Hard to imagine anyone not loving this... go Simon Amstell!" (Stephen Fry)
"Amstell is a likeable, self-deprecating guide to his own flaws, and has spent enough time in therapy to dissect his own navel-gazing with a nicely dry self-awareness." ( Observer)
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Although knowing Simon Amstell primarily through his comedy. I thought this book unravelled much more about his character in a touching narrative. It feels incredibly honest and connected whilst discussing his past with the comic flair he does so well.

Perceptive, real and connected.

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Funny, heartbreaking, hopeful. Author laid bare his inner feelings, laughed out loud and also cried.

Incredibly revealing book

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Funny, enlightening & poignant. He tells perfectly the battle of everything we think & ought to say.

Excellent 3 hours listening

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I repeatedly listened to this charming and talented tale of the tormented timeline of a genius. Brilliantly thought through with repeated references the book is tied together beautifully. Simons look at life is perfectly imperfect just like us all.

Brilliantly interesting

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Should have been longer, loved the format of being read by Simon and interspersed with his stand up show.

loved it

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