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Alexei knew he was doomed to be different the day he was taken to see Sergei Eisentein's Alexander Nevsky instead of Walt Disney's Bambi. Born on the day that egg rationing came to an end, Alexei grew up with his parents and the Soviet Weekly. Each year they holidayed in Eastern Europe, where they were shown round locomotive factories and the sites of Nazi atrocities.

Very funny and (almost) stranger than Alexei's fiction, this is a memoir about how Liverpool, Communism, and a mother that his teachers were frightened of, made him want to leave home and make people laugh.

©2010 Alexei Sayle (P)2010 Hodder & Stoughton Funny Witty Thought-Provoking
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If you like Alexei Sayle then you cannot help but like this; it's hilarious. His story of growing up in a Communist family in 1960s Liverpool is told episodically with immense warmth and vivid charm.

Laugh out loud funny

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Alexei Sayle, one of my favourite comedians, at his best. Great writer with that touch of manic humour that brings a smile to the face in the midst of an often difficult life growing up. Great listen.

'Lexei at his best

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Funny and informative, really enjoyed this and didn’t want it to end! A great listen

Thoroughly Enjoyed

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Engaging, funny, touching and incredibly evocative of the world of the 50s. Well read by the author - this is not always the case with authors.

I do hope there will be a follow up.

So good I wanted to write about my own childhood

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Cracking insight to the early years of Alexei Sayle. Told in a relaxed and funny way by the man himself.

A good book

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