What happens when you are sharing a flat with Prince Edward and twenty pygmies? When an artificial-foot freedom fighter throws a British-made foot at the Chairman of the Communist Party of China and is then bundled off to a Mobile Prison made by the Ford Motor Company? Just what is Jonathan Aitken's Divas of Rock Show? Will Dong Xiao Ping make it to Tower Records to buy the latest Status Quo album? What of The Lady Di Chinese Restaurant in Walthamstow which specialises in radishes carved in the shape of British Prime Ministers? Will Andrew Lloyd Webber complete his new musical 'Dog Breeder'? Will Willie Whitelaw marry his parrot? Will our hero make that engagement at the Gonk factory in Leeds? As a stand-up comedian, Harry Hill is the equal of Eddie Izzard, Rich Hall and Frank Skinner. Performing bareback for the first time, the self-styled debonaire dachshund now makes his fiction debut.
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'Britain's funniest man' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Hill's delightful brand of stand-up comedy is a great success, both live and on television. In translating it to his debut novel, he has retained the core elements: surreal non sequiturs that traverse the outer reaches of unconnectedness, running gags, and shaggy-dog stories that each produce a litter of shaggy puppies... So marvel once more at the bizarre fecundity of Hill's imagination...' OBSERVER 'I came away convinced that Hill is an authentic comic original. And that he ought to be certified.' MAIL ON SUNDAY
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* Comedian Harry Hill's first novel, a hilarious work full of fantastic jokes where nothing happens - but all the time!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By S. Stevens
Format:Paperback
Bought this on a bit of a whim. Actually he's a lot funnier in print I think, and I read this in a day. Deathrow is really quirky, often weird but it really appealed. If your sense of humour is slightly off middle then check it out.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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if so, then you have to buy this book. does it make sense, like novels are supposed to? who cares? it's extremely funny and silly and if you're looking for the meaning of it all then you'll be searching a long time.
my friend felt sick with giddiness and giggles just reading the chapter titles. as you can imagine, he's finding it a bit of a struggle to actually get through the book. i recommend taking one chapter at a time (or three, if they're very short ones) whilst sitting down.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Richard Gray
Format:Paperback
In his first novel, Flight from Deathrow, Harry Hill spins a comic yarn that recalls and rivals the surreal novels of Raymond Queneau. Like one of his rollercoaster live shows, his prose helterskelters ever onward in unforeseen directions, in an unrelenting flow of bizarre imagination. Don't expect a beginning, middle and end. But let yourself go with the flow and you'll be laughing out loud and moving through a colourful world of C-list celebrities, topsy-turvy suburbia and upside-down logic. A rollicking good read - more please Mr. Hill!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Hill-larious?
As whimsical and madcap as you'd expect from the self-styled 'Big Collared Loon', this 'novel' is really just a bonkers stream-of-consciousness and as utterly deranged as it could... Read more
Published 16 days ago by Scaroth, Last of the Jagaroth
3.0 out of 5 stars
Random
This book is described as Harry Hill's debut "novel", but to be perfectly honest, it doesn't really fall into that category. Read more
Published 17 months ago by V. G. Harwood
5.0 out of 5 stars
Flight from Deathrow
I couldn't put this book down and laughed virtually all the way through it. It's like no other 'novel' I've ever read. You will love this book if you enjoy sureal humour!
Published on 14 Nov 2010 by Chrissieapple
5.0 out of 5 stars
Milligan is dead, Long live Hilligan
I read this book (for the first time) eight years ago. I was already a fan of Harry Hill but I wasn't sure that his style of comedy would translate from his "zany" live delivery... Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2010 by C. S. Short
1.0 out of 5 stars
Just not an enjoyable experience
I'm a big fan of Harry Hill and his various creations, however this book just wasn't to my taste. It's taken me three attempts over the last two years to get through it (this last... Read more
Published on 6 July 2010 by Rory Q
1.0 out of 5 stars
what a waste of time
I really regret the time I have wasted reading this book so far. Seems unlikely I'll bother to finish it, as there is nothing engaging in it at all. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2009 by Nomdee Ploom
3.0 out of 5 stars
Flight from Deathrow
Don't get me wrong, Harry Hill is one of the greatest comediens of our time, but this book is proboably the worst of his materiel. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2009 by Jane Godfrey
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unbelievably funny
If Harry Hill makes you laugh then this book is for you. If he doesn't, it's not. He makes me keel over with laughter and this book is no different. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2008 by J. Stewart
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this book
I came across this book while on a camping holiday in France, they had a small library at the campsite and if you wanted to take a book to keep you had to replace it with a book of... Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2008 by Alex Matthews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious
This is the funniest book i have read in years and it made me laugh just as much when i read it again - a year later! Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2008 by Barnes
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