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Odd Boy Out

The hilarious and unforgettable Sunday Times bestselling autobiography

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Odd Boy Out

Yazan: Gyles Brandreth
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The long-awaited autobiography from beloved star of Just a Minute, QI, Have I Got News For You and Celebrity Gogglebox.

There are few people Gyles Brandreth doesn't know or hasn't met - from the Queen to the Sex Pistols, Mandela and Marlene Dietrich to TS Eliot, he's the celebrities' celebrity, as familiar and welcome to us on radio and screens as biscuits are to a cup of tea.

Now a grandparent, looking back on his remarkable life, he traces his steps back to being a three-year-old tearing around 1950s London on his tricycle, to boarding school where he had an appendix removed simply to get out of football, to Bedales, where he met Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (and became intimate with a matron), to balancing his growing love of theatre with his love for educating, the 'woolly jumper years', the stint as an MP, the years of close friendship with the Queen, to becoming a septuagenarian Twitter star and stalwart fixture in British entertainment.

Throughout it all, there are lessons to be learned as Gyles derives wisdom and wit from his extraordinary encounters. Full of stories and full of heart, this is Gyles as you don't yet know him.

© Gyles Brandreth 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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Hilarious, ribald, eye-popping, unforgettable, will make you laugh out loud
A whirlwind of witticisms and of funny tales, both short and tall . . . 'I feel I have lived my life in a magic garden where the sun is always shining' he writes, and in Odd Boy Out he offers us yet another glimpse of that bright, shining sun

Warm, witty, charming. A moving and very affectionate family history. An enthusiast for life
A fabulous raconteur with a great many tricks up his sleeve. His infectious zest for life means he has a story for almost every well-known person you can think of
A magnificent raconteur. A witty account of a most unusual life
Brilliant pen portraits of his father and myriad friends present a framework for Gyles's contemplation of his extraordinary life. Light-hearted and dark events alike are described with his customary deceptively jaunty style, making them funny, moving, and sometimes deeply shocking (Sheila Hancock)
Staggeringly brilliant, funny and touching, I loved it (Joanna Lumley)
A hilarious and revealing account of growing up and coming of age in an apparently well-to-do but always strapped-for-cash middle-class English family
Brandreth has been an expert cheerer-upper for more than 60 years . . . Ebullient. Full of fun, famous names and sparkling facts
He's cheery, fun and has a fabulous grasp of the English language, so Gyles Brandreth's autobiography makes for a scintillating read. His hilarious - and sometimes moving - account of his life from early childhood days through to the adult world of politics and television is candid. It is also a story around his everyday family life, and about happiness, ambition and love. It offers a fascinating insight into a portrait of Britain, too
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some hesitation noted, definitely some repition of topics evident in this book.
took a while to get into.but on the whole, quit enjoyable.

just a minute !

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A truly wonderful storyteller with a fitting tale to tell. I highly recommend this twisting yarn.

Beautiful story, beautifully told.

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I enjoy Gyles Brandreth and always have. The fact that he knew and worked with Kenneth Williams helped in that feeling. I love listening to him and his life story is amazing. In his voice makes it even more entertaining. Brilliant

Marvellous

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Apart from name dropping which at times is tiresome. What a interesting life he as lived. The great respect for his loved ones shines through.
A very good book.

Enjoyed greatly

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I think I had expected this to be the irritating musings of an egocentric (why buy it? I wanted to be proved wrong!) I was completely entertained throughout! Gyles Brandreth is a consummate raconteur! These fascinating insights have lulled me to slumber; excellent bedtime listening! More importantly, I have been entertained on my weekly drives from Lancashire to North Wales, going to visit my mother, who quite recently decamped to Colwyn Bay, to be cared for in a residential home.(I wasn’t quite cutting the mustard in the caring stakes) I was sad when the reading ended. What next time accompany me? I think I shall opt for more of Mr Brandreth! Thank you for your anecdotes and witticisms.

Entertaining throughout!

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