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Hugh Laurie

The Biography

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Hugh Laurie

By: Anthony Bunko
Narrated by: Simon Whistler
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Hugh was born in Oxford, and his father, WGRM 'Ran' Laurie, was a doctor who won a gold medal in the coxless pairs at the 1948 Olympics. Hugh followed in his father's footsteps as a rower at Cambridge, but when he was forced to hang up his oars he joined the famous Cambridge Footlights and there began a career in comedy. It was at university that he met Stephen Fry, and the pair forged a hilarious partnership that continued through the 1980s and 1990s.

Hugh has also enjoyed great success on the big screen; starring in Sense and Sensibility, 101 Dalmatians, Monsters vs Aliens and the three Stuart Little films. But it is the character of irascible doctor Gregory House, in the US TV drama House, that has brought global fame. He has won two Golden Globes for the role and received a prestigious Emmy nomination in 2005, and continues to receive critical acclaim for his performance in the show - especially for his near-perfect American accent.

With worldwide fame and an OBE to his name, Hugh Laurie is undoubtedly one of Britain's best-loved actors.

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the book was well written but the narrators voice was intensely annoying. would've been better if Hugh had spoken it himself

good book

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Narrator misspronounces so many names, voice is annoying, but you can get over that if it wasnt for the awful pronunciation, it's not just names (Tim McInnerny is an interesting one) its relatively straightforward words as well. Writing is poor, often goes off on a tangent about every co-star for example, slightly loosing track of whos biography it's meant to be, and occasionally some of the information is just wrong, I mean Hugh Laurie deserves better!

Narration poor, writing not much better

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The biography is interesting. The editing awful. So many irritating mispronunciations - how was the reader allowed to get away with saying ‘viss count’ instead of ‘viscount’? Or ‘A miss’ instead of ‘Amis’ (as in Martin Amis)? These are just two examples - there are many more.

Irritating mispronunciation

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Despite my interest in the subject matter, the narration was so tedious and generally poor, I returned the title. Audible should re-issue this book with a new narrator.

Unbearable narration

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If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?

Book was fine, was interesting reading about him and the way his life lead him to todays events.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Becuase he was TERRIBLE, the most boring mundane and boring reading style EVER.

Oh my GOD! That narrator!!

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