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How I Escaped My Certain Fate - August 2010 Chortle - By Steve Bennett - August 6th, 2010
On the face of it, Stewart Lee’s first non-fiction book seems little more than a print version of a DVD commentary. In publishing the transcripts of three of his solo shows with liberal footnotes about how each routine came to be, you may fear this is of interest to only the most meticulous analysts of…
How I Escaped My Certain Fate - August 2010 The Observer - By Natalie Haynes - August 1st, 2010
One of Britain’s most trenchant comics offers a fascinating insight into creating comedy Stewart Lee is the most enigmatic of comedians: a thoughtful, softly spoken man who somehow managed to become a hate figure for the 65,000 people who complained to the BBC about his musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera. And they didn’t just complain,…
How I Escaped My Certain Fate - July 2010 The Times - By Andrew Billen - July 28th, 2010
He’s hated by religious zealots and disliked by half of every venue he plays, but is Stewart Lee as bitter as he seems? One school of thought holds that it is classiest never to complain and never explain. Stewart Lee, judged either “the most exciting comedian in the country bar none” (The Times) or the…
How I Escaped My Certain Fate is an excellent book ★★★★★ - July 2010 The Metro - By Mickey Noonan - July 27th, 2010
Book review: Stewart Lee’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life And Deaths Of A Stand-Up Comedian (Faber and Faber, £12.99) gives readers a fascinating glimpse into how much heart and soul one man puts into making people laugh. Stewart Lee’s analytical, patience-testing brand of pedantic comedy has earned him legendary status on the…
A master of withering reasonableness - July 2010 The Irish Times - By Stephen Dixon - July 24th, 2010
How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life & Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian By Stewart Lee, Faber & Faber, 378pp. £12.99 STEWART Lee on the 2005 London Al-Qaeda bombings: “Who are they, these inhuman bombers that strike at the very heart of our society with no respect for human life, without even the courtesy…