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Believe Me

A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens

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Believe Me

By: Eddie Izzard
Narrated by: Eddie Izzard
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About this listen

Get to know a national icon in Eddie Izzard's hilarious and dazzling autobiography.

Star of stage and screen. Tireless supporter of charity. Marathon runner. Political campaigner.

Fashion icon. Human.

There is no one quite like Eddie Izzard. This is the story of how she broke through.

Her relentless optimism has led her to always do things her own way, even if it didn't work the first time, and her incredible self-belief has pushed her to keep on trying, even if it didn't work the second or third time either.

Whether she was putting on teddy bear shows on boarding school beds or swordfighting on the streets of London, Eddie never stopped trying to achieve her dreams of becoming a performer.

Brimming with her distinctively surreal humour and disarming candour, Believe Me tells the story of a person who never took no for an answer.

©2017 Eddie Izzard (P)2017 Penguin Audio Biographies & Memoirs Entertainment & Celebrities Performing Arts Funny Witty Comedy Celebrity Inspiring Memoir Heartfelt Biography

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Critic reviews

"Comic genius.... Entertainment incarnate." (Telegraph)

"Laughter trumps sorrow in candid comedian Eddie Izzard's Believe Me." (Vanity Fair)

"A comedy gem." (Guardian)
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Thanks Eddie for sharing, it really did feel like a long one sided chat with a friend. I would recommend this audio book.

Absolutely loved it

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Eddie is a genius with a big heart and a very funny guy. Get used to the foot notes and treat them like the icing on the cake.

Dazzling

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Eddie is the 1st author who goes completly of page when reading, a really inspiring person, kind hearted and sincere. A joy to listen to as always. I wish there were more people like Eddie. I enjoyed his theory about the universe.

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Izzard is heartful, genuine, and hilarious. Endless footnotes and jokes, with a sense of humanity that tears at you.

Meandering, tagental, rambling, and briliant.

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I'm a big Eddie Izzard fan and this is his story, in detail. In lots of detail. In fact I found that it went on a bit to be honest and some sections were over-long, but it really picked up towards the end as it got to his marathon running.
Eddie narrates the story himself and provides LOADS of additional information as he improvises and goes off at tangents. At least a third of this book is 'footnotes'. If you play the drinking game of having a shot whenever Eddie says the word 'footnote' you will spend your entire 14+ hour listen in a drunken haze. Very enjoyable no doubt!
It's a good book and a good listen but I think you need to be a real Eddie Izzard fan to get the most from it.

One for the hardcore fans

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