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Moab Is My Washpot
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Categories: LGBTQ+, Biographies & Memoirs
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a) A fatuous, wasted, degenerate and wholly useless existence captured in delicate, lyrical and exquisitely realised prose.
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- Suzanne
- 01-12-13
I want to hug Stephen Fry
Would you consider the audio edition of Moab Is My Washpot to be better than the print version?
I enjoy audio versions, especially those read by the author as you can feel the real emotion behind the words. It's always easier to listen to someone than to read and interpret for yourself how they feel.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Moab Is My Washpot?
The intensity of feeling for 'Mateo'
Which character – as performed by Stephen Fry – was your favourite?
Stephen Fry
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, though my busy life would not allow this so it became my bedtime and overnight stay in hospital listen.
Any additional comments?
I thoroughly enjoyed this book despite it being a little angry and dark in places. I have a new found love of Stephen Fry.
8 people found this helpful
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- Kevin
- 23-12-12
Essential Reading
This has to be one of the best audiobooks ever published. The autobiography details the early life of a confused, and later, delinquent young man. It is painfully honest, and read by the author, is both incredibly powerful and amusing. This should be on everyone's listening list - it's what the audiobook was invented for!
7 people found this helpful
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- Chris
- 19-09-10
A gripping account of Fry's Adolescence
This is one of those books that just has to be read by the author to do it justice. Fry reads this book passionately and emotionally, naturally using the English language to it's best extent. Fry cuts through each sentence in a beautifully poetic way!
This is a incredibly honest and frank account of Fry's school days. Most memorable parts are his hatred of games (particularly swimming), his ongoing battles over his love of music, his first crush (which consumed him every second of the day), and his petty crimes which culminated in a Jail sentence.
A word of warning, Stephen's very fragrant use of words and detailed descriptions of his sexual emotions may offend!
I couldn't stop listening to this book and wish it wasn't all over!
7 people found this helpful
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- mathew
- 17-10-10
Wonderful.
I can think of nothing better than listening to this author narrating a book about the events and perils of his early life. Frank, sometimes toe curling, often laugh out loud funny but never dull. Every fan of audiobooks should own this.
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- John Bates
- 19-08-10
An Honest Account
If you like Stephen Fry (and who doesn't) you'll like this auto-biographical account of Stephen's early years. It's an honest tale of childhood and teenage memories and Stephen talks openly about his upbringing and misconducts in a way that you don't expect to hear from such a public figure. And you can't help but respect him the more for it.
I looked forward to my commute each day simply to hear the next instalment of this clearly narrated book.
This book is also a tale of how, with enough determination, it is possible to turn your life around.
Highly Recommended.
21 people found this helpful
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- Hannah-rose
- 10-12-15
thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend
so bravely honest and unknowingly inspiring. enjoyable to share in Stephens life and hear it told from the horses mouth.
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- Gordon
- 15-08-15
Wonderfully and happily disappointing
To know that such s great brain can, like us all, be fuelled by life's devilish temptations heartens one!
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- Sarah
- 04-08-15
A good listen
An interesting listen. Some quite graphic scenes. Not for those that don't like swear words.
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- Glenn
- 23-07-15
Like a private discussion with Stephen Fry
What made the experience of listening to Moab Is My Washpot the most enjoyable?
Stephen Fry narrated by Stephen Fry was wonderful. It was like he was confiding his most intimate secrets.
What about Stephen Fry’s performance did you like?
Stephen Fry is a natural story teller. His honesty in his writing and the soothness of his voice make a perfect combination for an audible book.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The book takes you on a journey of laughter and humour to glimpses of deeper, darker areas of Stephen Fry's mind.
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- Stefan
- 02-02-15
A good memoir
Interesting insight into Fry's early years, from childhood up to his acceptance into Cambridge. Amusing at times, but also prone to getting bogged down at certain points that don't seem particularly noteworthy or life-altering. Excellent delivery/performance, of course.
5 people found this helpful
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- Lucy
- 30-05-11
Listen to the Fry Chronicles First / Instead
If you're interested in Stephen Fry, start (and perhaps also finish) with the Fry Chronicles instead (Fry's autobiography of the second twenty years of his life). While Fry narrates both autobiographies exquisitely, Moab is My Washpot (of his first twenty years), is less interesting and calls for a good reining in and editing (even more than the Chronicles). The most interesting part, for me, was his account of how thoroughly he was tormented by his inner-devils as a child and adolescent, and how completely he screwed his life up, and then how he took control of his life and made such a success of himself. Parents and teachers take note that Fry leaves no details out of his early sexual experiences, from his more solo adventures to a rather worrying deflowering by an older boy at school. Probably more for die-hard Fry fans.
8 people found this helpful
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- Steve
- 24-11-10
Genius
This man is a wordsmith of the highest degree and totally enjoyable to listen to. Only Stephen Fry could have read his own book and he did it brilliantly.
One problem - now I listen to other peoples autobiographies they mostly seem shallow and poorly written and have little detail as Frys writings have in spades.
6 people found this helpful
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- Helen
- 16-08-12
Brutal honesty, mature reflection and lots of fun
What did you love best about Moab Is My Washpot?
A jolly good English romp but with enough humour and twists to prevent it being too toff. Although it mostly talks about Fry's education in the British Public School system, his is no conventional itinerary: there is the foreign family background, the gay consciousness and the never ending maverickness which caused some laugh out loud moments.
He also writes with brutal honesty about adolescent infatuations and shortcomings. Much cringeworthy humour there comes from the reader/listener finding parallels in their own past - whatever their sex and background.
If you wanted to nit-pick, you could say that Fry, being so very clever with words and style, can't help himself at times and manipulates the reader, stringing out the moment of a revelation with too many incidental diversions or padding out stories to an extent that can sometimes be a little annoying. And sometimes he sounds a bit too pompous in his delivery. But overall, these are very minor complaints and the book is an enjoyable listen from start to finish, especially as you know you are getting the whole story from the horse's mouth, the way he intends it to be heard.
I found out about this book through listening to the Fry chronicles which I also loved. The two cover quite different biographical ground and are fun in different ways and I recommend them both.
Any additional comments?
You can have fun trying to work out what the title means! He doesn't explain it.
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- Brodie
- 08-06-14
My one and only Perfect 10
In truth this is not everyone's cuppa because you had to have been there to really, and I mean really, 'get it'. I was, albeit before Fry Minor and at a different school but through his recollections and story telling I was reacquainted with senses, events and people I had long forgotten. It is a magical carpet ride, a parallel universe where everything was the same, only the names different (we even had our own Stephen Fry!). Be warned, expletives are therein aplenty but when used in Fry's context, in his delivery, they are an important part of the adjectival pallet. Thank you Stephen for your intellect and courage and supreme sense of humour and contriteness. Long may you continue to scribe.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-01-17
loved every moment
so beautiful. .such English language to die for. loved every minute. Having attended a similar private school s
for girls,I chuckled at Fry's wonderful escapades.
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- Dragonfly
- 15-09-15
Brilliantly written and thoroughly enjoyable
Firstly, I love listening to Stephen Fry's voice!
I admire greatly his artful use of the English language. And appreciate his candour. There are so many beautifully written sentences in this book that one wants to pore over.
Whether he believes it or not Stephen Fry makes the world a better place.
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- Lesley
- 23-06-15
Interesting, but very wordy
If you could sum up Moab Is My Washpot in three words, what would they be?
Too much information!
Would you be willing to try another book from Stephen Fry? Why or why not?
Yes, absolutely. I've already listened to The Fry Chronicles, which follows this one, and it's better. I'm planning on getting the third, after I've caught up on some other reading.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I did find it rather long-winded, and it dragged a little at times. Nevertheless, I'm glad to have read it.
Any additional comments?
Other reviewers have mentioned some explicit scenes and vulgarities. Certainly I wouldn't recommend it for anyone under the age of consent, and in some places there was rather more detail than I was comfortable with - but I expect non-fiction to take me outside my comfort zone from time to time. If you're a Steven Fry fan, and you want to know about his life, you will want to read this. If you don't, you will always be wondering if you missed something important.
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- _MULTIFISH_
- 04-12-14
Aural Pleasure
Would you listen to Moab Is My Washpot again? Why?
Yes, yes and thrice yes. I will probably listen more than twice!
What did you like best about this story?
The honesty and his life laid bare.
Which character – as performed by Stephen Fry – was your favorite?
Himself???
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The end....very sad....