Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard
12/07/2017 … Eddie Izzard thinks himself ‘a naturally boring person’, which is a needless modesty for someone who has always seemed to defy conventional thinking.
Latest Books
Reviews of books about comedy, including biographies of comedians old and new, and (occasionally) books by comedians. To have a book considered for review, send a copy to Chortle, 112 Norman Road, London, E11 4RL.
Wed 12 July 2017
Fri 26 May 2017
That's Your Lot, by Limmy
26/05/2017 … That’s Your Lot is an apt title for Limmy’s second book of short stories, as many of the tales stop abruptly once they've floated an intriguing idea…
Thu 04 May 2017
Neuropolis by Robert Newman
04/05/2017 … Oh no! Not another arena-filling comedian with a quasi-academic tome about neuroscience.
Wed 04 January 2017
© Comedy Central Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
04/01/2017 … Trevor Noah’s rise through the international comedy circuit to become host of The Daily Show has been swift.
Mon 19 December 2016
A Horse Walks Into A Bar by David Grossman
19/12/2016 … With A Horse Walks Into A Bar, Israeli writer David Grossman accomplishes the seemingly impossible and transposes an entire stand-up show into a novel.
Thu 01 December 2016
Adventures Of A Wonky-Eyed Boy: The Short Arse Years by Jason Byrne
01/12/2016 … Released without much fanfare, at least this side of the Irish Sea, Jason Byrne’s first book is an evocative memoir of what it was like to grow up in a working-class…
Tue 08 November 2016
Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide To British Birds
08/11/2016 … Bill Bailey isn’t, as it happens, the first bearded comedian to have written a bird book.
Tue 01 November 2016
Parsnips, Buttered by Joe Lycett
01/11/2016 … It’s not the best-known phrase on which to base your book title, but Joe Lycett is clearly trying to disprove the aphorism ‘fine words butter no parsnips’…