The autobiography of a comedy giant.
John Marwood Cleese was born in Weston-super-Mare in 1939 and educated at Clifton College and at Cambridge. He achieved his first big success in the West End and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. He went on to co-found the legendary Monty Python comedy troupe, writing and performing in the TV series and in films that include Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Life of Brian. In the mid-1970s, John Cleese and his first wife, Connie Booth, co-wrote and starred in the now-classic sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he wrote and co-starred in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. He has appeared in many other films, from James Bond to Harry Potter to Shrek, and has guest-starred in TV shows that have included Cheers, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Will & Grace and Entourage. He lives in London.
Vivid, ridiculously entertaining, and, at times, explosively
funny... Cleese is a master of crisp comic prose: his elegant
syntax and sudden absurdities would have PG Wodehouse raising a
martini glass. So, Anyway... glows with fairness, kindness,
gentleness and loyalty.
*Sunday Express*
Told with considerable charm and a refreshing amount of candour,
the story is one of a vulnerable soul gradually finding a degree of
security from behind a carapace of cutting wit... Remarkably warm
and generous.
*Times Literary Supplement*
John Cleese’s memoir is just about everything one would expect of
its author – smart, thoughtful, provocative and above all funny… A
picture, if you will, of the artist as a young man.
*Washington Post*
So, Anyway… breaks away from the shallow conventions of the famous
person's autobiography... The result is a book that is frequently
hilarious, occasionally lyrical and always thoughtful. It is a fine
and funny achievement.
*Herald*
Like having a long lunch with an amiable, slightly loony uncle. Who
also happens to be John Cleese.
*New York Times*
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