Biography Of Peter Cook - Softcover

Thompson, Harry

 
9780340936429: Biography Of Peter Cook
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0340936428 ISBN 13: 9780340936429
Verlag: Sceptre, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

There are those who say - and Peter Cook himself was among them - that most of his humour was autobiographical. Others - and Peter Cook himself was among them -contend that this simply isn't the case. The truth, of course, lies somewhere in the middle.

Peter Cook made President Kennedy wait in line to see him and visited Elizabeth Taylor in her dressing room. He befriended tramps and fundraised for CND. He was capable of extraordinary kindnesses and occasional cruelties. He helped define comedy and satire for a generation, but ended his life a recluse. Harry Thompson has produced the first ever comprehensive biography of this influential and fascinating subject who came up with some of the funniest sketches and greatest jokes of all time.

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Harry Thompson invented many TV comedy hits such as Have I Got News For You and Da Ali G Show. He was the author of several acclaimed bestsellers, including PETER COOK: A BIOGRAPHY and PENGUINS STOPPED PLAY, as well as a historical novel, THIS THING OF DARKNESS which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He worked as a producer at Talkback TV and in his spare time he ran the infamous cricket team, the Captain Scott XI. Harry Thompson died in 2005.

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Verlag
Sceptre
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0340936428
ISBN 13 
9780340936429
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
528
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